I am having troubles that I cannot make any sense of with this engine. Purchased on ebay (probably a mistake, but it was cheap) Anyways here is a short synapses of the problems that I have had so far:
1. At first we could not get it to start and then received instructions that we should connect a battery (even though we were just planning on using ours for running lights) turn the key and pull the cord. It turned over and we thought our problems were solved. We went for a couple of circles around the river maybe 10 or 15 minute drives maximum.
2. Yesterday as we tried to cast off from dock it started very roughly, and then stopped but after trying a few more times were able to get it to start again, as we headed off down the river a ways it cut out, and it sounded very dead, like no spark, despite all of our pulling. After paddling to shore and letting it sit for a while we were able to start it again, but it wouldn't run for long. Faint popings followed by rough running and then it would recover a little at higher throttle settings. However it was clear that we had just been draining the battery and soon it wouldn't start at all.
3. After looking through some manuals it seems that it requires a battery of 27 AH minimum, so we purchased one of these. The motor started up ran beautifully for maybe 3 minutes, shifted everything worked well until I shut it off. Tried to start it a couple of minutes later, and it started very hard, requiring me to hold the key turned and easing the throttle up. Then it would pop, spurt water out of its holes, or buble up exhuast and quit. Also the past time it was running it looked as though there was water coming up around the seal from the lower unit.
I know that none of this sounds good and it is probably a multitude of problems but any ideas of where to start?
I am thinking that the points need to be cleaned, that possibly there is a broken reed, that the water pump and fuel pump all need to be rebuilt any suggestions of where to start?
Thanks,
Xander
1. At first we could not get it to start and then received instructions that we should connect a battery (even though we were just planning on using ours for running lights) turn the key and pull the cord. It turned over and we thought our problems were solved. We went for a couple of circles around the river maybe 10 or 15 minute drives maximum.
2. Yesterday as we tried to cast off from dock it started very roughly, and then stopped but after trying a few more times were able to get it to start again, as we headed off down the river a ways it cut out, and it sounded very dead, like no spark, despite all of our pulling. After paddling to shore and letting it sit for a while we were able to start it again, but it wouldn't run for long. Faint popings followed by rough running and then it would recover a little at higher throttle settings. However it was clear that we had just been draining the battery and soon it wouldn't start at all.
3. After looking through some manuals it seems that it requires a battery of 27 AH minimum, so we purchased one of these. The motor started up ran beautifully for maybe 3 minutes, shifted everything worked well until I shut it off. Tried to start it a couple of minutes later, and it started very hard, requiring me to hold the key turned and easing the throttle up. Then it would pop, spurt water out of its holes, or buble up exhuast and quit. Also the past time it was running it looked as though there was water coming up around the seal from the lower unit.
I know that none of this sounds good and it is probably a multitude of problems but any ideas of where to start?
I am thinking that the points need to be cleaned, that possibly there is a broken reed, that the water pump and fuel pump all need to be rebuilt any suggestions of where to start?
Thanks,
Xander
