TheGreatestGoat
Recruit
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2018
- Messages
- 2
Hey All, hoping somebody might be able to help me out!
I’ve got a 1996 Evinrude ELAN 35hp. Around 8 weeks ago I couldn’t start my engine. So I got a manual and diagnosed that the stator ignition coils were shot. The power pack was also gone. I replaced stator and powerpak and everything was fine.
The other day I noticed that my fishfinder was only recording 12.5 volts at WOT. Prior to this was running at 14.7 indicating the battery was being charged as it should be. A quick test back at home suggested that the charging system had failed (volts idling and at 2000rpm lower than at rest). I don’t have a test tank so couldn’t open her right up, so took her back out on the water and tested. I went out with a full charge (12.7v) To my surprise voltage started increasing with more RPMS. I was getting a charge after a good 30 mins at WOT I was recording 13.4v but this was as high as it went.
So it was getting some charge, but certainly not working 100%. Next trip out, didn’t work at all, no charge and battery was depleted on return.
So it’s either the stator or the regulator/rectifier (or both). I have the Seloc manual, so I bench tested the stator. Output range is noted as 0.45-0.54 ohms resistance. I got 0.3 ohms. Having said that it was a fair bit colder than the test specs and it’s a really cheap multimeter with only 1 decimal place. I’m not sure the variation in resistance is conclusive enough to say the charge coils are shot? Is there another test that I can perform on the stator to double check? A running test of some description?
In terms of testing the regulator/rectifier the manual suggests a test using both an ammeter and carbon pile load tester. Neither of which I have. Are there any simpler tests? To obtain those tools in Aus will be probably the same cost as a new reg...
Thanks a heap
I’ve got a 1996 Evinrude ELAN 35hp. Around 8 weeks ago I couldn’t start my engine. So I got a manual and diagnosed that the stator ignition coils were shot. The power pack was also gone. I replaced stator and powerpak and everything was fine.
The other day I noticed that my fishfinder was only recording 12.5 volts at WOT. Prior to this was running at 14.7 indicating the battery was being charged as it should be. A quick test back at home suggested that the charging system had failed (volts idling and at 2000rpm lower than at rest). I don’t have a test tank so couldn’t open her right up, so took her back out on the water and tested. I went out with a full charge (12.7v) To my surprise voltage started increasing with more RPMS. I was getting a charge after a good 30 mins at WOT I was recording 13.4v but this was as high as it went.
So it was getting some charge, but certainly not working 100%. Next trip out, didn’t work at all, no charge and battery was depleted on return.
So it’s either the stator or the regulator/rectifier (or both). I have the Seloc manual, so I bench tested the stator. Output range is noted as 0.45-0.54 ohms resistance. I got 0.3 ohms. Having said that it was a fair bit colder than the test specs and it’s a really cheap multimeter with only 1 decimal place. I’m not sure the variation in resistance is conclusive enough to say the charge coils are shot? Is there another test that I can perform on the stator to double check? A running test of some description?
In terms of testing the regulator/rectifier the manual suggests a test using both an ammeter and carbon pile load tester. Neither of which I have. Are there any simpler tests? To obtain those tools in Aus will be probably the same cost as a new reg...
Thanks a heap
