bigboat606
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- Sep 6, 2009
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I recently had intermittent ignition problems on my 1987 200 HP Evinrude. About an hour into a ride my engine would lose power falling off the plane- but would still idle. This came and went a couple times until I go home. Next time out about an hour into the ride the same thing happened only this time I had to idle all the way home.
The engine ran as usual on the flusher at home so out of frustration I purchased two CDI 113-3605 power packs thinking it might be a thermal problem in one of them - hey the power packs on the engine were only 26 years old so maybe it was time.
After installing the CDI power packs the engine idled but did not seam as smooth as it should (hard to tell with a looper - they always idle rough), and had very poor power (but better than with the problem I had been having previously). The engine was very long to get the boat on plane and had a strong vibration (at plane) I had never had before. It reminded me as if one or more cylinders were firing in the wrong order, but I'm certain I ran each power pack connection to the proper coil. These power packs seam nearly impossible to miss-install - each power pack has two connectors, each different so they cannot be miss-connected. Also I installed each power pack one at a time so I could not have switched any connections between the two.
Does anyone recognize these symptoms or had problems with CDI power packs?
The engine ran as usual on the flusher at home so out of frustration I purchased two CDI 113-3605 power packs thinking it might be a thermal problem in one of them - hey the power packs on the engine were only 26 years old so maybe it was time.
After installing the CDI power packs the engine idled but did not seam as smooth as it should (hard to tell with a looper - they always idle rough), and had very poor power (but better than with the problem I had been having previously). The engine was very long to get the boat on plane and had a strong vibration (at plane) I had never had before. It reminded me as if one or more cylinders were firing in the wrong order, but I'm certain I ran each power pack connection to the proper coil. These power packs seam nearly impossible to miss-install - each power pack has two connectors, each different so they cannot be miss-connected. Also I installed each power pack one at a time so I could not have switched any connections between the two.
Does anyone recognize these symptoms or had problems with CDI power packs?