justafloat
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- Sep 7, 2010
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Hello, I recently purchased a 2002 Evinrude 9.9 4 stroke outboard. When I bought the boat with the motor the owner said that it was a typical 4 stroke and it was hard to start. I've had other 4 stroke motors (not boat motors) before and thought this would not be a problem. The first day I took it out it was about 50 degrees outside temperature. I didn't think I was going to have a battery strong enough to start the motor. It would just crank and crank, then when it would start, it shut down. Finally after awhile it did start and stay running and would start right up after that. Is this typical for a 4 stroke outboard or is there something I can do to fix it. Another concern I had was that the motor didn't seem to run very fast, Its on a 16' Sylvan and the best I could do was about 7 mph.