superflydudebike
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2007
- Messages
- 130
I have a 1986 Evinrude 15 HP. I went to use it for first ime this year and although I got it going, it ran really rough. I tested it with muffs on, not in tank, so I did not run it in gear, just neutral. I cleaned plugs and played with the idle mixture a bit and it ran better. I took it out to lake and it would not start. When it finally started, it would choke off when I put it into gear. When I got home, I checked to see if I was getting proper spark. Spark was good. Gas (10% ethanol) is from last season, but I put some stabilizer in it last fall. Could this be the culprit? Also, this model has a kill button at end of throttle grip. It screws out. Is this a fine tuning of some sort? Could the switch be bad causing it not to start at times? I screwed it out at lake and this was first sign of any spark all night (able to start engine). Way to disconnect kill switch? Plugs are about two years old, but very little use. I pulled them out at lake to see if flooded. Was not flooded. New plugs and new gas? Why does kill switch screw out?