Hello all,
I’m new here and asking this for my father law. I don’t have a boat, nor do I have any experience with outboards, carbs, or two strokes. More of a landlubbing shade tree mechanic and only work on fuel injected 4 strokes.
Here goes; he has a 96 Evinrude 60hp 3 cylinder 2 stroke and model is E60TLED. The problem he’s having is a cranks but won’t start condition. He did say that he was cleaning the carbs with seafoam but later on, he was able to start it up for a little; similar to how someone would use starter fluid to get it going. He also said he tried the shotgun/parts cannon approach to solve the issue and here are the parts he replaced: plugs, plug wires, coils, CDI Box or Power pack, rectifier/regulator, and the stator. None of these parts seemed to have fixed the issue. He also said he rebuilt the carbs.
At first, I thought he had a fueling problem after he mentioned the seafoam getting it going for a little. I had him check if the cylinders were getting fuel (which they were) and I did find out his fuel has been sitting for months, possibly longer than 6 without any stabilizer in it. This led me to believe that his fuel was old and possibly bad. I had him clear out the cylinders and carbs of old fuel, then bypass the fuel tank while using a fresh can of gas directly to the carbs. This didn’t work either.
Next step was to see if the engine was getting spark but after using an adjustable spark tester, there was no spark across all 3 cylinders. We also took all the plugs out and grounded them to verify that there was no spark. This made me wonder how he was able to get it started with seafoam in the first place. He did say he started replacing parts after it wouldn’t start. I tested the wires for continuity, and they tested fine. The aftermarket coils on there tested at 333 Ohms and out of curiosity, I asked to see the original coils that he removed, and they all tested to spec at 240-257 Ohm. Possibly wrong type of coil packs?
I’m thinking that he might have a fueling issue along with a no spark condition, but I’d like to narrow down what is causing the no spark issue first. Is there anywhere else I should look? I wanted to test the power pack/CDI box but have no idea how. He’s got a new one and I heard these can be bad right out of the box. His original one might still be good.
I was also going to check the pulsar coil to see if that was sending out signal but since my dad in law doesn’t live close by, that’s another thing I’d like to look at.
Thanks in advance,
Roger
I’m new here and asking this for my father law. I don’t have a boat, nor do I have any experience with outboards, carbs, or two strokes. More of a landlubbing shade tree mechanic and only work on fuel injected 4 strokes.
Here goes; he has a 96 Evinrude 60hp 3 cylinder 2 stroke and model is E60TLED. The problem he’s having is a cranks but won’t start condition. He did say that he was cleaning the carbs with seafoam but later on, he was able to start it up for a little; similar to how someone would use starter fluid to get it going. He also said he tried the shotgun/parts cannon approach to solve the issue and here are the parts he replaced: plugs, plug wires, coils, CDI Box or Power pack, rectifier/regulator, and the stator. None of these parts seemed to have fixed the issue. He also said he rebuilt the carbs.
At first, I thought he had a fueling problem after he mentioned the seafoam getting it going for a little. I had him check if the cylinders were getting fuel (which they were) and I did find out his fuel has been sitting for months, possibly longer than 6 without any stabilizer in it. This led me to believe that his fuel was old and possibly bad. I had him clear out the cylinders and carbs of old fuel, then bypass the fuel tank while using a fresh can of gas directly to the carbs. This didn’t work either.
Next step was to see if the engine was getting spark but after using an adjustable spark tester, there was no spark across all 3 cylinders. We also took all the plugs out and grounded them to verify that there was no spark. This made me wonder how he was able to get it started with seafoam in the first place. He did say he started replacing parts after it wouldn’t start. I tested the wires for continuity, and they tested fine. The aftermarket coils on there tested at 333 Ohms and out of curiosity, I asked to see the original coils that he removed, and they all tested to spec at 240-257 Ohm. Possibly wrong type of coil packs?
I’m thinking that he might have a fueling issue along with a no spark condition, but I’d like to narrow down what is causing the no spark issue first. Is there anywhere else I should look? I wanted to test the power pack/CDI box but have no idea how. He’s got a new one and I heard these can be bad right out of the box. His original one might still be good.
I was also going to check the pulsar coil to see if that was sending out signal but since my dad in law doesn’t live close by, that’s another thing I’d like to look at.
Thanks in advance,
Roger
