First of all I just want to say thanks.. I 've used alot of infomation from this forum over the last couple weeks and also sorry this is kinda long but I wanted to be detailed as possibly.
Model# E48ESLENB
Serial# G03001750
I just bought a 89 Sea Nymph witha 48 HP Evinrude on it. I got the boat about 2 weeks ago from a friend that bought a new boat. The engine ran fine the first time out with the exception that engine trim was sticky when triming it up. I changed out both trim relays and the problem went away. The boat then ran great for a week or so (I do alot of weekday fishing) until last Sunday. I was out on the lake, and the engine ran fine for the first hour.. then it started to kinda hesitate periodically while at mid throttle.. you could kinda feel the engine skipping a little and it didn't seem to have the power that it usually does. When I pulled the throttle back the engine just quit on me. After that we had a really hard time getting it started and ended up trolling in. I trying getting it to start in the driveway when I got home but the starter was giving me some issues.
So yesterday(04/26) I rebuild the starter with new brushes and springs and gave it a good cleaning. After that the starter worked fine. The engine didn't seem to want to start after that but after an hour or so I finally got it started and it ran fine in the driveway. This morning on the lake it fired up on the first turn of the key and idled fine.. just like it normally does. 3/4 of the way across the lake at a low idle (10MPH or less before 10 on Sundays) the engine started to hestitate again and once again completly died when I pulled the throttle back. After that the thing just wouldn't start again.. so again trolled in on the electric and headed home.
At home one again I couldn't get it to start.. decided to try a few things so I ran down to the marina. Found out the my engine is actaully a 1992 Evinrude 48HP and not a 89 or 90 like I was told. Then I relized the previous owner had put the wrong spark plugs in. So I bought new plugs, a new gas can, new fuel line and primer bulb and headed home stopping for some fresh gas. Installed the new parts and still couldn't get it to run. There is spark, seems to have fuel... and the compression is okay. The battery is really drained so I am going to call it a night and let it charge till tommorow morning. Any thoughts on what to try next. The engine acts like it wants to starts it even putter up a little bit now and then and kicks the starter gear down. It never runs for more than a couple seconds no matter what I do.
All the connections are clean and fuel is fresh mixed with Evinrude oil 50:1.
My next guess is to either replace the coil pack or rebuild the carb. A couple of times today I drained the carbs and the gas coming out of them seems clean. After draining the carbs the engine seemed like it wanted to start better than before... maybe the engine was just floaded.
Thanks in advance for any advice. This is my first boat and I really want to get it running again.
Model# E48ESLENB
Serial# G03001750
I just bought a 89 Sea Nymph witha 48 HP Evinrude on it. I got the boat about 2 weeks ago from a friend that bought a new boat. The engine ran fine the first time out with the exception that engine trim was sticky when triming it up. I changed out both trim relays and the problem went away. The boat then ran great for a week or so (I do alot of weekday fishing) until last Sunday. I was out on the lake, and the engine ran fine for the first hour.. then it started to kinda hesitate periodically while at mid throttle.. you could kinda feel the engine skipping a little and it didn't seem to have the power that it usually does. When I pulled the throttle back the engine just quit on me. After that we had a really hard time getting it started and ended up trolling in. I trying getting it to start in the driveway when I got home but the starter was giving me some issues.
So yesterday(04/26) I rebuild the starter with new brushes and springs and gave it a good cleaning. After that the starter worked fine. The engine didn't seem to want to start after that but after an hour or so I finally got it started and it ran fine in the driveway. This morning on the lake it fired up on the first turn of the key and idled fine.. just like it normally does. 3/4 of the way across the lake at a low idle (10MPH or less before 10 on Sundays) the engine started to hestitate again and once again completly died when I pulled the throttle back. After that the thing just wouldn't start again.. so again trolled in on the electric and headed home.
At home one again I couldn't get it to start.. decided to try a few things so I ran down to the marina. Found out the my engine is actaully a 1992 Evinrude 48HP and not a 89 or 90 like I was told. Then I relized the previous owner had put the wrong spark plugs in. So I bought new plugs, a new gas can, new fuel line and primer bulb and headed home stopping for some fresh gas. Installed the new parts and still couldn't get it to run. There is spark, seems to have fuel... and the compression is okay. The battery is really drained so I am going to call it a night and let it charge till tommorow morning. Any thoughts on what to try next. The engine acts like it wants to starts it even putter up a little bit now and then and kicks the starter gear down. It never runs for more than a couple seconds no matter what I do.
All the connections are clean and fuel is fresh mixed with Evinrude oil 50:1.
My next guess is to either replace the coil pack or rebuild the carb. A couple of times today I drained the carbs and the gas coming out of them seems clean. After draining the carbs the engine seemed like it wanted to start better than before... maybe the engine was just floaded.
Thanks in advance for any advice. This is my first boat and I really want to get it running again.
