Hi I have a new to me 1998 evinrude Ficht 115 hp fuel injected. It will run fine through all the rpms and water is coming out the tell tail. After It gets warm (probably 10 min or so) it starts to stutter , check engine light comes on and the engine will cut off. When it does this the rpms jump up and down. I can cut it off and it will work for 30 sec or so after The restart. It will then bog down again and cut off. Eventually it will not restart until I leave it off for 20 min or so. Even then it will only run for a few minutes and cut off. At first I thought it was a fuel issue. I put in clear fuel line and confirmed fuel was flowing and the fuel pump is working. The primer bulb is staying hard. When it shut off for good most recently I put some ice on top of the EMM and it actually ran fine back to the dock. Now I'm thinking it is overheating. The rectifier was replaced right when I got the engine as the previous owner gave me a new one because he thought that was the issue. after doing some research could it be a stator issue? Has anyone encountered an issue such as this? the "hot" light doesn't come on when the check engine light comes on which is why I didn't suspect overheating at first. Let me know if I need to give more info
The engine ID is E115FPLEEC
Thanks. John.
The engine ID is E115FPLEEC
Thanks. John.