Greetings all. Looking for a little advice on what's to do next on my boat. Long story short on me, I take the boat out about 10-15 days a year and then store it (winterized) over the long (Minnesota) winters.
Took it out this year and the alarm was going off, figured it was bad gas so i siphoned it out, put new premium in it, still no go. Took it into the local Johnson/Evinrude repair shop and they can't get their diagnostic equipment to read the stuff the engine was outputting (He says he has actual brand stuff from the time period), so they had to go old-school and read the light code off the gauges.
Lights throw a "Code 42" which I've learned as the Crankshaft position error. He told me that when he see's that, historically it's been one of two things, a cheap $100 fix, or an expensive $2,000 fix. He ordered in the cheap fix, which was to replace the CKP, but that did not fix the issue. He said it is likely the "EMM", but he didn't feel comfortable ordering the piece because he couldn't guarantee it would fix it. He said he'd only charge me the diagnostic (which he did) and kept the CKP thing for his stock, and recommended I get a second opinion from another shop.
So that leads me to the internets. I don't use my boat enough to get a new crate motor, and feel like I should fix this one for under $2k.
Has anyone seen something like this before? Any recommendations for repair shops in the southern half of Minnesota? I'm thinking I would drive to the cities on a recommendation, but I don't have anyone who's been in the same boat as I have.
Thanks for any advice/suggestions.
Brad
Took it out this year and the alarm was going off, figured it was bad gas so i siphoned it out, put new premium in it, still no go. Took it into the local Johnson/Evinrude repair shop and they can't get their diagnostic equipment to read the stuff the engine was outputting (He says he has actual brand stuff from the time period), so they had to go old-school and read the light code off the gauges.
Lights throw a "Code 42" which I've learned as the Crankshaft position error. He told me that when he see's that, historically it's been one of two things, a cheap $100 fix, or an expensive $2,000 fix. He ordered in the cheap fix, which was to replace the CKP, but that did not fix the issue. He said it is likely the "EMM", but he didn't feel comfortable ordering the piece because he couldn't guarantee it would fix it. He said he'd only charge me the diagnostic (which he did) and kept the CKP thing for his stock, and recommended I get a second opinion from another shop.
So that leads me to the internets. I don't use my boat enough to get a new crate motor, and feel like I should fix this one for under $2k.
Has anyone seen something like this before? Any recommendations for repair shops in the southern half of Minnesota? I'm thinking I would drive to the cities on a recommendation, but I don't have anyone who's been in the same boat as I have.
Thanks for any advice/suggestions.
Brad