achilles2011
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- Aug 6, 2011
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I went to purchase a 2006 yamaha 25hp 2 stroke today from a local outboard service shop. The shop mechanic seemed quite nice, he advertised the motor having only 5 hours of use and was like new as it had been a mechanic institute shop motor hence only used in the classroom tank. He said in his he had fully serviced it with carb cleaning and impeller replacement and it was running like a top. I took a 35 mile drive out to see him and the motor certainly looked good. He hooked it up to a gas tank and tried cranking it up. 10 tries no luck- he tried altering throttle and choke, 10 more tries no luck. He pulled the spark plugs and he said it was flooded. He blew air on the spark plugs. Another 10 tries (my shoulder would have come out by then) and he got it going but no water was coming and the motor had been running (with hose ears on) for more than a minute- I saw smoke coming through the drain hole. Water finally started coming out after about a minute. I tried turning the motor down to idle speed and it stalled.
He said this was normal for 2 stroke Yamahas and the choke was not good in those motors. I told him that my Yamaha 15hp 2 stroke started within 2 pulls every time. He said if I didn't want it, some one else would buy it and that each motor needed the right choke/throttle settings for a cold start and after that they should start on one pull. To demonstrate he went to restart the motor- it finally started after 10 more pulls but no water came out the drain hole and it stalled anyway.
At that point he couldn't explain it away and offered to work on the motor tomorrow and call me back when done.
Is he correct about the yamaha 2 stroke 25hp? Is it a dog to start initially? There is another motor of same type available locally that is the same year but has 100 hours and is not as pretty but seems to start right up. I was attracted to this motor because he said it was as new, but perhaps all that mechanics institute fiddling has screwed it up.
Any advice/comments?
He said this was normal for 2 stroke Yamahas and the choke was not good in those motors. I told him that my Yamaha 15hp 2 stroke started within 2 pulls every time. He said if I didn't want it, some one else would buy it and that each motor needed the right choke/throttle settings for a cold start and after that they should start on one pull. To demonstrate he went to restart the motor- it finally started after 10 more pulls but no water came out the drain hole and it stalled anyway.
At that point he couldn't explain it away and offered to work on the motor tomorrow and call me back when done.
Is he correct about the yamaha 2 stroke 25hp? Is it a dog to start initially? There is another motor of same type available locally that is the same year but has 100 hours and is not as pretty but seems to start right up. I was attracted to this motor because he said it was as new, but perhaps all that mechanics institute fiddling has screwed it up.
Any advice/comments?
