Hello All,
The saga with my Evinrude Intruder continues...after aa complet rebuild due to the cooling jacket splitting in 2004 it never ran correctly again. After a decade in storage, I tore it apart myself and found a peice of what I'm assuming is RTV sealant inside the carbourator jet from the rebuild. After the carb kits and float bowls were replaced it ran like brand new for about 3 fishing trips.
Now to the new problem, one night of fishing I moved spots down river and the engine just shut down as if I had turned the key off and would not start back for several minutes. I never got an alarm or any indication of what may have happened. One it started back about 15 minutes later I idled it back to the trailer. The following weekend, I started it and now it has a "ticking" sound coming from the top of the motor, around the flywheel area.
I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to outboard motors and am trying to avoid the shop labor rates if at all possible...any tips or ideas as to what the noise may be? I'm hoping to get a few more years out of her until I can put a Merc on the back.
Thanks in advance.
The saga with my Evinrude Intruder continues...after aa complet rebuild due to the cooling jacket splitting in 2004 it never ran correctly again. After a decade in storage, I tore it apart myself and found a peice of what I'm assuming is RTV sealant inside the carbourator jet from the rebuild. After the carb kits and float bowls were replaced it ran like brand new for about 3 fishing trips.
Now to the new problem, one night of fishing I moved spots down river and the engine just shut down as if I had turned the key off and would not start back for several minutes. I never got an alarm or any indication of what may have happened. One it started back about 15 minutes later I idled it back to the trailer. The following weekend, I started it and now it has a "ticking" sound coming from the top of the motor, around the flywheel area.
I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to outboard motors and am trying to avoid the shop labor rates if at all possible...any tips or ideas as to what the noise may be? I'm hoping to get a few more years out of her until I can put a Merc on the back.
Thanks in advance.
