175 hp evenruide

[Fishhead80]

I have a 92 175 hp Evinrude it will idle fine and run really good sometimes. Then you can stop and it will idle fine but will not go when put under power. Any ideas on what it could be? I was thinking maybe dirt in the fuel system maybe dirty carbs. Thanks for any help.

 

[Bosunsmate]

Yep you could check nothing is blocking the fuel intake in the tank or a clogged fuel filter. Intermittent problems are hard to track down, it may end up being a electrical component starting to fail

 

[Chris1956]

Some of those motors seem to get heat soak, upon restart, after running a while, and being shut down for a short time. The mitigation is to run them at fast idle before shutting down and upon restart.

 

[Fishhead80]

I have noticed that after it sets for several hours it will
start up and run like nothing is wrong with it.

 

[interalian]

Agree on the heat soak aggravating electrical issues. Take a timing light with you next time you're running it. When it's being funky, check spark on each hole. I had a coil go that way.