Thanks everyone for any information that can be provided to me. I have a 1991 Evinrude 48 spl. I picked this up last year with a boat off craigslist hoping to get her going. It sat for at least a year and tried tirelessly last year to get it going with no luck. I can't get the engine to start now, last year id get it to start every now and again but it wouldn't run long. Things i have done:
Rebuilt both carbs, there was quite a bit of "gum" in one of them (in the bowl) which i expected. I soaked both in carb cleaner, ran small copper wire through the jets as a saw posted on this site, and installed all the new parts of the rebuild kit.
Checked compression.... 140 on both cyl, is that where it should be??
Checked spark.... spark seems fine, i can get the spark to jump over 1/2 inch
replaced all fuel lines
replaced fuel pump with filter, i didn't do a rebuild i bought a complete new one
I have a new impeller pump kit but i cant get the lower end drain or fill plugs out and both heads are stripped. last year when id get it running it seemed to take a while to get water pumping through, close to a minute on muffs.
new fuel at 50:1 mix.
What can i check next??
Rebuilt both carbs, there was quite a bit of "gum" in one of them (in the bowl) which i expected. I soaked both in carb cleaner, ran small copper wire through the jets as a saw posted on this site, and installed all the new parts of the rebuild kit.
Checked compression.... 140 on both cyl, is that where it should be??
Checked spark.... spark seems fine, i can get the spark to jump over 1/2 inch
replaced all fuel lines
replaced fuel pump with filter, i didn't do a rebuild i bought a complete new one
I have a new impeller pump kit but i cant get the lower end drain or fill plugs out and both heads are stripped. last year when id get it running it seemed to take a while to get water pumping through, close to a minute on muffs.
new fuel at 50:1 mix.
What can i check next??