I'm after a little advice.<br /><br />I'm in UK. I have an Italian friend (in the lakes, what a convenient holiday home!) who has a 1981 Evinrude 85hp. I heard it running a few weeks ago. It seemed to run OK but was a pig to start. She now tells me that her boatyard says "the cavity where the<br />piston enters is scratched/damaged". He didn't do a compression test and I'm not convinced. I feel the need for another Italian holiday coming on!<br /><br />I'm a vintage car nut and know little about boat engines - but any engine is only a collection of bits, some of which go up and down and some of which go round and round, bolted together by man, and therefore can be repaired by someone with adequate skills and spanners. My question is;<br /><br />I understand its a V4, and I suspect it may be 2 stroke. Can anyone confirm this and point me to any on-line info about these engines, so I can at least get a feel for what I might be commiting myself to.<br /><br />TIA<br /><br />PaulW
