'88 four winds 210, engine dies, omc 5.7 engine.

James Dailey

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The engine stopped running, but started up a few mins later. This has happened twice now. Any idea whats wrong?
 

Icyharp

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Re: '88 four winds 210, engine dies, omc 5.7 engine.

Can you elabarate a little more on what it is doing? I am looking to see what your gauges (oil, temp, rpm) are reading, what you are doing when it dies. This will help a little bit more for people to understand.
 

James Dailey

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Re: '88 four winds 210, engine dies, omc 5.7 engine.

The oil, temp and voltage were good. I was running about 25-30 mpg and the engine just stopped running. I tried to restart it, about 5 min later she fired right up and about an hopur later the same thing happened.
 

Icyharp

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Re: '88 four winds 210, engine dies, omc 5.7 engine.

You may be running into vapor lock. What fuel are using, meaning are you using ethanol or not?
 
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