Some questions and general opinions please:
I have purchased, at auction what appears to be a very little used 4HP Evinrude outboard for $120. The cover is bolted down with about 10 fasteners so my initial inspection was really just a quick pull of the recoil starter, a general condition inspection and a smell test of the empty onboard fuel tank (smells very stale). When I got home, I pulled off the tank and immediatley noticed what looks like a lot of washed up mud in the crevices, including the handle. The engine compartment also has some caked mud inside. The flywheel and head is very clean. Pulling the plugs revealed a clean compression chamber so my belief is that they had the motor in a mud bank trying to pull out and washed up a lot of crap. The only rust I see is on the contacts on the coil pack and nowhere else. The propeller looks like new as well as the rest of the engine. I washed out the tank, tested for spark on both plugs and partially reassembled. The motor doesnt even try and start, I can smell gas and after pulling the plugs again they are slightly wet. Sprayed a little fuel mix into the plugs, still nothing. So with that said...
1) Does it sound like this may have been submerged?
2) Should I save my time and order an ignition coil and all wires along with the impeller/thermostat change? (My last restoration had spark but it just wasnt enough)
3) Anything else I should change out?
4) Should I save time and just get a carb rebuild kit or clean it out first?
5) Anything else?
I think I may have really gotten a deal here, the auction was at an auto repair center and seemed to be an estate auction so all of the engines there probably sat unused for years. Thanks
I have purchased, at auction what appears to be a very little used 4HP Evinrude outboard for $120. The cover is bolted down with about 10 fasteners so my initial inspection was really just a quick pull of the recoil starter, a general condition inspection and a smell test of the empty onboard fuel tank (smells very stale). When I got home, I pulled off the tank and immediatley noticed what looks like a lot of washed up mud in the crevices, including the handle. The engine compartment also has some caked mud inside. The flywheel and head is very clean. Pulling the plugs revealed a clean compression chamber so my belief is that they had the motor in a mud bank trying to pull out and washed up a lot of crap. The only rust I see is on the contacts on the coil pack and nowhere else. The propeller looks like new as well as the rest of the engine. I washed out the tank, tested for spark on both plugs and partially reassembled. The motor doesnt even try and start, I can smell gas and after pulling the plugs again they are slightly wet. Sprayed a little fuel mix into the plugs, still nothing. So with that said...
1) Does it sound like this may have been submerged?
2) Should I save my time and order an ignition coil and all wires along with the impeller/thermostat change? (My last restoration had spark but it just wasnt enough)
3) Anything else I should change out?
4) Should I save time and just get a carb rebuild kit or clean it out first?
5) Anything else?
I think I may have really gotten a deal here, the auction was at an auto repair center and seemed to be an estate auction so all of the engines there probably sat unused for years. Thanks
