eska 3.5

Is this motor air cooled also I can't get it to fire any suggestions?

Re: eska 3.5

Air Cooled.
Squirt some gas mix down the throat of the carb. It should fire for a second.
Your carb probably needs rebuilt or in the least disassembled and cleaned.

Re: eska 3.5

Whoopbass has a good suggestion. If your little outboard has compression and spark, it will run a couple of sections with a small amount of fuelil mix squirted into the carb throat.

If it does, then it's time to work on getting it to run with the carburetor and fuel tank. If it doesn't fire with the squirt of fuel, try a new spark plug. If it still doesn't fire, find a new outboard. Those are not worth spending any real money on.

First, the fuelil ratio is, I believe, 24:1. Use oil designed for chainsaws and mix up a gallon.

Those little Eskas are quite particular about the starting procedure.

1. Open the fuel valve under the gas tank.
2. Pull the choke knob out all the way.
3. Set the throttle lever to Start. Some will require that it be set beyond Start and nearer Fast.
4. Pull recoil starter rope until the engine fires. It will probably fire and die.
5. Once it fires once, push the choke halfway in (there is a stop at that point) and pull rope until it runs.
6. Fiddle with the choke until it will run with the choke all the way in. This can take a minute or two.

You should have the lower unit in a bucket or barrel of water, immersed up over the bulge above the plate that's over the propellor. The engine is air-cooled, but the exhaust is water-cooled.

Now, if the above procedure produces no results, but the engine will fire when you squirt some fuel in the carburetor, you'll need to clean the carburetor and install a carburetor kit.

www.certifiedpartscorp.com has the parts. You need to have the model number when you call the number on the website.

Re: eska 3.5

thanks fellows for the info about the 3.5 eska, the info was very usfuly the problem was in the carb it is runing fine thanks again

Re: eska 3.5

"The engine is air-cooled, but the exhaust is water-cooled."

By this do you mean the exhaust should be immersed to quiet down the noise?

Re: eska 3.5

No. That engine has a water tube that pushes water up into the leg when the boat is moving forward. That water just runs down the exhaust area to cool the exhaust passages. It's safe to run that outboard briefly out of water, but prolonged running may cause overheating of the midsection.

Re: eska 3.5

Thanks for that answer. I was wondering why the owners manual said to run in fresh water after use in salt water, now I know, to flush brine out of the exhaust passages. So it's in effect really a water cooled engine after all....

Re: eska 3.5

CATransplant said:

No. That engine has a water tube that pushes water up into the leg when the boat is moving forward. That water just runs down the exhaust area to cool the exhaust passages. It's safe to run that outboard briefly out of water, but prolonged running may cause overheating of the midsection.

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not all eska's had a tube. some had impellers for what they were worth.