1997 90 hp evinrude primer solenoid

centexmav · #1 May 29th, 2006, 11:48 AM

My motor is a 1997 90hp evinrude.

I was out today and the boat ran fine for about 20 minutes. When I went to recrank the engine, NOTHING. It would not even turn over. I thought that the battery may be dead, but the depth finder was working. When I got home I took the cover off the motor and tried to crank it. Agaon, NOTHING. I noticed that the primer solenoid had a crack in the plastic and when i turned the key, fuel would spurt out of the crack. I know absolutely nothing about engines. Is this a expensive problem? Would the crack in the primer solenoid keep the engine from turning over?

rickdb1boat · #2 May 29th, 2006, 12:09 PM

Hi Centaxmav

Head on over to this site and you can find out how much the primer selonoids run. Should be around $60.00 or so.... Not hard to replace...You will need your model number to find the correct part

ishopmarine.com/ishop/jsp/AsplIsmHomeCcat.jsp?reqFor=29

VADER8674 · #3 May 29th, 2006, 01:00 PM

you can buy jus the cap and gasket for 15.oo from brp

centexmav · #4 May 29th, 2006, 01:34 PM

Would the cracked primer solenoid cause the motor to not even turn over?

Walker · #5 May 29th, 2006, 01:57 PM

Seasport · #6 May 29th, 2006, 03:57 PM

Check your cable connections at the battery and also the connections to the starter solenoid and starter motor. Also the ground connection fromt he -ve battery terminal to the powerhead. You probably have a bad connection there somewhere which is preventing the starter motor from getting enough current to operate.

Could also be a bad battery. It takes a heck of a lot more current to operate a starter motor than it does to operate a depth sounder. Even a near dead battery should operate the depth sounder.

Seasport · #7 May 29th, 2006, 04:04 PM

Also check out this link.

http://forums.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb...;f=36;t=000001

rickdb1boat · #8 May 29th, 2006, 04:44 PM

And check the fuse in the motor compartment...