drowned phoenician
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- Aug 13, 2008
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My skiff sank in heavy rainstorm. A recently rebuilt 1973 50HP Evinrude was submerged in very salty brackish water for I will guess ten hours. After floating the boat, I:
-thoroughly rinsed it in fresh water
-dried off all electrical components, sprayed with WD40, and re dried
-pulled the plugs and sprayed 2 stroke oil down chambers
-replaced battery
-replaced gas with a new 25-1 mix and flushed the fuel line to the gas can*
*(realized now that i did not dissemble the lines inside the cowling)
-pulled the motor off the boat, flipped it spark plug holes down, and spun the flywheel to remove any excess water (twice)
-put it all back together
During this process, I tried many times to start it. At the end, I got the engine to start and run twice. The first was for maybe fifteen seconds in idle, with it sputtering out and dying. The second time was probably the same time, but this time when i put it in gear, it did not engage but stayed in neutral when i pushed the throttle forward, then when i pulled back on the throttle, something sparked towards the rear of the engine, and the engine promptly died.
It tried to start it one more time, it let out that horrible screeching noise, and i stopped for the night. Now the starter is in the up (charge?) position engaged in the flywheel missing a corner of a spoke or two, and things don't look good.
This is usually the point I would begrudginly bring it to a pro or call it dead, but i live on an island that you can only get to by boat and my trailer is on that island. The pros don't live on this island. Since you all were amazingly helpful with replacing my steering cables through reading other people's posts, i thought i would give ya'll a shot.
Anyone have a silver bullet other than paddling out to the center of the ICW and dropping it to the bottom?
THANK YOU!
-thoroughly rinsed it in fresh water
-dried off all electrical components, sprayed with WD40, and re dried
-pulled the plugs and sprayed 2 stroke oil down chambers
-replaced battery
-replaced gas with a new 25-1 mix and flushed the fuel line to the gas can*
*(realized now that i did not dissemble the lines inside the cowling)
-pulled the motor off the boat, flipped it spark plug holes down, and spun the flywheel to remove any excess water (twice)
-put it all back together
During this process, I tried many times to start it. At the end, I got the engine to start and run twice. The first was for maybe fifteen seconds in idle, with it sputtering out and dying. The second time was probably the same time, but this time when i put it in gear, it did not engage but stayed in neutral when i pushed the throttle forward, then when i pulled back on the throttle, something sparked towards the rear of the engine, and the engine promptly died.
It tried to start it one more time, it let out that horrible screeching noise, and i stopped for the night. Now the starter is in the up (charge?) position engaged in the flywheel missing a corner of a spoke or two, and things don't look good.
This is usually the point I would begrudginly bring it to a pro or call it dead, but i live on an island that you can only get to by boat and my trailer is on that island. The pros don't live on this island. Since you all were amazingly helpful with replacing my steering cables through reading other people's posts, i thought i would give ya'll a shot.
Anyone have a silver bullet other than paddling out to the center of the ICW and dropping it to the bottom?
THANK YOU!
