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Help identifying correct Johnson engine year
Hi guys. I'm hoping someone can help tell me what year engine I have. When I recently bought the boat, I was TOLD that it was a 1996. After doing more research, I found out this series of engine was only made in 91, 92, and 93. There are differences between each one. It is a 175 HP Johnson Silver Star series. I looked all over the engine itself and couldn't fine the model number. I looked on the mount bracket and found a tag that had model, serial, etc, but it was so faded it was illegible. Can someone tell me where to look if I'm missing it. It runs great, but I want to get the proper Seloc book, and also want to make sure Iboat.jpg
motor 1.jpg motor 2.jpg order the correct parts when needed. 
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06-18-2012, 06:26 PM
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I can't help you just by looking at it like some others on here may be able to, but you should be able to find the serial number stamped on a silver plug on the block somewhere. Once you have the serial you can find the year out online.
Hope that helps. -Svence
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06-18-2012, 06:53 PM
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look at the model number, it transcribes to the word "introduces" with #1 relating to I, #2 to n, #3 to t, you get the idea, use the last 2 letters in the number, that will give you the year
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06-18-2012, 07:51 PM
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It's a 91+ looper from the cover. It looks to have been repainted, and decals are easy enough to come by to make the cowling say what somebody wants. Post up some engine pics and maybe we can help narrow it down to a year, but through the years so many parts can be interchanged it can be impossible to tell exactly what it is.
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06-18-2012, 08:22 PM
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I threw up some pics that may be able to help. There may be something to this "Looper" engine that was mentioned by THEFERMANATOR. It says "Loop charged" on one of the pics.
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06-18-2012, 08:42 PM
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I have the exact same motor except it is a 150 hp, 1992. I've had it for 7 yrs. now and the only problem I've had with it was that ethanol fuel fouled the diaphram in the fuel pump. That was 3-4 years ago....outside of that it is a good reliable motor. I was never able to find out what "silvers star series" meant......probably nothing other than fancy decals.
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06-18-2012, 10:32 PM
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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06-19-2012, 07:15 AM
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After I get off work this afternoon, I'm going to go and check to see if I can find the model number on the plug. I also suspect that someone may possibly have changed out the engine cowling which cold be throwing me off with the "Silver Star" series versus something else. When I bought the bought, he was adamant that the engine was a 1996.
We shall see, I suppose.
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