Evinrude Outboard will not go fast

[madecool]

I have a Evinrude Outboard<br /> 60 hp 1980 it starts up good idles good and will rev up good to full throttle in netural. But when I put it in gear it only goes slow about 4 mph after stalling out. I trying to figure it out because the engine will have high rpms when it in netural. Does anyone have a suggestion.<br />I even tried to manually move the throttle butterfly when in gear but the engine stalls. But when i do that in netural in runs fast. Same problem.

 

[JB]

Re: Evinrude Outboard will not go fast

Howdy, Madecool.<br /><br />What the engine will do without a load is a poor indicator of its condition.<br /><br />You may be starving for fuel, but more likely you are running on one cylinder.<br /><br />If pumping your primer bulb gets the engine to power up, you need to check your fuel supply system, including the fuel pump.<br /><br />If squirting a bit of fuel mix into a carb throat gets her up, you have a carb gummed up.<br /><br />If pulling one spark plug wire while at idle kills the engine and pulling the other has no effect, you have a dead cylinder. Check each lead for a hot, blue spark to the block.<br /><br />Let us know what you find.

 

[madecool]

Re: Evinrude Outboard will not go fast

Ok I do remember that when going about 4 mph if I choked it. It would make it go faster. That's the only way it would go faster. Sometimes for a second or 2 it would try to run a little faster but go back to running 4 mph. <br />Yea i need to check them things you told me about. So i fix the problem right. I will check the spark again since it has been a while since i checked maybe I only just checked one of them.<br />That easy enough. But if they are ok then I need to clean out the carburetors. That will be the easy problem for me to fix. Thankyou for your advice.

 

[DJ]

Re: Evinrude Outboard will not go fast

madecool,<br /><br />If choking it makes it run faster, you have a fuel problem.

 

[Taz59]

Re: Evinrude Outboard will not go fast

Hi Madecool,<br />You maybe the guy Iam looking for,I have a 1981 Evinrude 60hp engine,I just bought a speed boat for a bargain but the only snag was that the engine is totaly stripped,it needs a new piston and rings and a new water pump,as I did n't strip it down I was wondering if you had a digital camara could you take some pics of the engine close up in different positions,I am waiting for my manual to arrive from the US,<br />contact me on colintarry@hotmail.com<br />Thanks Colin

 

[madecool]

Re: Evinrude Outboard will not go fast

Hi Red sky at night. . .<br />JB<br /> You where exactly right. Today after reading some other replies and not reading yours more careful. I started checking the fuel system the filter etc... Then after putting that back together I decided to check the spark in both wires so I grounded both plugs did not see a spark in the top one. So I took one off(bottom wire) and ran the engine it sounded the same.Would not run with just the top one in. So I looked at the coil(top one) and decided to price one I found one for $17.oo at the shop they had in stock. So I got it put on and tried running just on the top with the bottom wire not plugged in. It ran now. Thanks for the good advice.<br /><br />Paul at madecool.com

 

[Wkoch]

Re: Evinrude Outboard will not go fast

hey muffdiver,<br /><br />Check out this site.<br /> http://boaterssupply.com/default.asp?a=set&id=1&name=Evinrude <br /><br />You can look up your motor and get the OMC number for each part that you need. May also guide in deciding what is missing.

 

[FlyBoyMark]

Re: Evinrude Outboard will not go fast

Madecool....Try not to rev your engine to WOT in neutral..this can trash the engine in seconds by way of shrappnel...