cmhouser
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2010
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Hey all. I just bought a clean '59 Evinrude off Craigslist for my 16' Alumacraft. They didn't test in front of me but guarantee'd the motor for 60 days. I bought it, brought her home and threw her on the boat. It came with a plastic tank (single line) and the sellers had done the fuel pump conversion. It ran great for 5 - 10 min then when I went to troll she died on me. It then took forever to get it started and I had to row myself back in. I took the motor back to the sellers and told them of my woes. They then took it out a day or two later and said it ran great and they didn't have a single issue. So - I thought it was likely my old gas tank as I saw some sediment in the bottom and thought it may be clogging up the line.
A week later I got the motor back and went back out again after cleaning out the tank. They also gave me a tank with the motor and a new line BTW. Same thing happened. It's almost like it's not getting fuel. When I run it full out I don't seem to have any issues. Whenever I try and troll it will run for a min trolling but then die out. It then is very hard to start. Eventually it will start and run fine until I slow down and try and troll again.
Weird issue but it seems to happen on both tanks and almost acts like it's not getting gas.
Any idea's?
A week later I got the motor back and went back out again after cleaning out the tank. They also gave me a tank with the motor and a new line BTW. Same thing happened. It's almost like it's not getting fuel. When I run it full out I don't seem to have any issues. Whenever I try and troll it will run for a min trolling but then die out. It then is very hard to start. Eventually it will start and run fine until I slow down and try and troll again.
Weird issue but it seems to happen on both tanks and almost acts like it's not getting gas.
Any idea's?
