1999 Evinrude 50 hp telltale

[Malpais Man]

1999 Evinrude 50 hp

I recently purchased a boat that has a 1999 50hp E50pl4ee motor. I took it out on the water for the first time and she purred like a kitten. The question I have is that I noticed the water telltale does'nt shoot out high pressure like my other Mercury does. The water stream is steady but I believe it is because the nozzle on my Mercury is much smaller (a little larger than the diameter of a large paperclip) while the nozzle on the Evinrude is much larger (a little smaller than the diameter of a dime) I believe this would be the reason the water does not shoot out like on my Mercury. I checked the hoses and they were all clear. I thought I would verify this with those of you who are familiar with these motors if that is what is normal.

 

[HotTommy]

There is an entire forum dedicated to Evinrude outboards here on this site: Evinrude. You may get a quicker answer there.

 

[Malpais Man]

Thank you

 

[Malpais Man]

I recently purchased a boat that has a 1999 50hp E50pl4ee motor. I took it out on the water for the first time and she purred like a kitten. The question I have is that I noticed the water telltale does'nt shoot out high pressure like my other Mercury does. The water stream is steady but I believe it is because the nozzle on my Mercury is much smaller (a little larger than the diameter of a large paperclip) while the nozzle on the Evinrude is much larger (a little smaller than the diameter of a dime) I believe this would be the reason the water does not shoot out like on my Mercury. I checked the hoses and they were all clear. I thought I would verify this with those of you who are familiar with these motors if that is what is normal

 

[racerone]

Suzuki built motor it is.

 

[oldboat1]

Looks like #s 55, 56, and 57 on the parts diagram: https://www.iboats.com/shop/engine-parts/1999-Evinrude-E50PL4EES-Midsection-Oil-System-Parts.html Maybe yours is missing a part or two?

 

[Sea Rider]

Poor water peeing through water indicator could be due to :

-Impeller vanes are shot, extremely hardened, loses pressure, need a new impeller.
-Crankcase's outer peeing tube has reduced its internal diam with prolongued use.
-Powerhead is extremely salted, internal water paths have reduced their diams. assuming the engine was regularly used on salt water ?

If the peeing pressure increases notoriously when the engine is running beyond idle speed, it's OK.

Happy Boating

 

[Malpais Man]

Thank you, Oldboat1 that looks different, my motor has two water tubes that come to a T fitting which leads to the telltale hole. As Ientioned the exit hole is quite a bit larger. I had her on the lake today for 4 hours trolling and no issues. No salt water Sea Rider just local lakes

 

[oldboat1]

All assemblies should come with a piece of weed whacker string to clear mud daubers!

 

[racerone]

Any pictures of this motor and telltale on it ?

 

[Malpais Man]

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[Malpais Man]

Here is a pic of the telltale on muffs at idle I have had it out twice and no overheating issues after several hours. I did see some other videos of this type of motor and some seemed to be the same as this one

 

[Malpais Man]

Suzuki built motor it is.

Yes, it seems it is a Suzuki rebrand from what I can tell. It looks just like the Suzuki DF 50. I purchased the service manual for the Evinrude only one I could find was for a 70hp 4 cylinder) 9and was able to find the one for the Suzuki, the Suzuki service manual seems more accurate.