My evinrude 225 will idle fine on land at 2k rpm with the muffs and if you give it gas will idle fine without any backfire or anything. In the water though, the engine idles at only 500 probably due to backpressure but not sure since this is a 2 stroke and not a 4 stroke, and after a few seconds the engine will cut off. I felt the bulb for the gas and it was loosing pressure so I had my dad drive the boat while i manually pump it and later found that one of the carbs on the top had a really bad leak and was pouring out gas through the itermediate orifice the brass hole that is in the carb itself. I inspected that carb and found that the bowl was warped and will be changing it soon to see if that will fix it. My question is, could the gas leak cause the engine to cut off at low rpm's? The carb is on the top and the fuel rail is fed from the bottom, so that means that carb gets fuel last. I am not sure if this will fix my problem or not and I slip my boat 3 hours away from my home, so driving forth and back is difficult as I only have time on the weekend. So, has anyone ever had any experience with this.
just to let everyone know. the vro2 pump is working fine, oil is good and gas flow is good. I even took off a upgraded pump off a friend's 225 and ran premixed gas and oil and the same problem happened. I tried manually pumping the bulb again but it seems that the more I pump it the more leaks out of that intermediate orifice.
just to let everyone know. the vro2 pump is working fine, oil is good and gas flow is good. I even took off a upgraded pump off a friend's 225 and ran premixed gas and oil and the same problem happened. I tried manually pumping the bulb again but it seems that the more I pump it the more leaks out of that intermediate orifice.