I've got a 1990 Evinrude v4 90 hp vro motor. Here's the problem, after installing a brand new starter it worked for about 3 tries and then died. It turned the flywheel fine though the motor never turned over and ran. I engaged the starter 3 times, waiting good time in between and then just heard that click from the solenoid. I took the starter out of the motor and tried to test it to a fully charger battery and it does nothing, not even spin a little. Here is the history of the problems over the season.
Early in the season my original starter died. I knew this because I took it out and tested it. I got a new battery, and a used starter from another evinrude. I cleaned just every wire and connection and installed it. I also did the seafoam cleaning as directed from a post on this website. I checked the compression and all four cyl. were at 115-120. The boat started up and ran great for one trip. On the second trip after trying to start the boat, I melted the negative terminal on the battery. Don't know why that happened but got a different battery and it didn't happen again. Then the second used starter died. I know this because it wouldn't do anything when hooked up to a battery.
So this brings us to today. I ordered a brand new starter, new solenoid, and installed everything a couple hours ago. Cleaned all connections again and made sure the battery was fully charged. Spark plugs looked good and I tried to start the boat. Not sure why the starter would completely die after only 3 tries. I bought a volt tester and I'm getting 12v everywhere.
I've read about hydrolock but it doesn't look like there is any water in the cyl. Would hydrolock kill a starter that fast? Could a short somewhere kill a starter that fast?
Please help I don't want to have to buy a third starter to only have it die again...
Early in the season my original starter died. I knew this because I took it out and tested it. I got a new battery, and a used starter from another evinrude. I cleaned just every wire and connection and installed it. I also did the seafoam cleaning as directed from a post on this website. I checked the compression and all four cyl. were at 115-120. The boat started up and ran great for one trip. On the second trip after trying to start the boat, I melted the negative terminal on the battery. Don't know why that happened but got a different battery and it didn't happen again. Then the second used starter died. I know this because it wouldn't do anything when hooked up to a battery.
So this brings us to today. I ordered a brand new starter, new solenoid, and installed everything a couple hours ago. Cleaned all connections again and made sure the battery was fully charged. Spark plugs looked good and I tried to start the boat. Not sure why the starter would completely die after only 3 tries. I bought a volt tester and I'm getting 12v everywhere.
I've read about hydrolock but it doesn't look like there is any water in the cyl. Would hydrolock kill a starter that fast? Could a short somewhere kill a starter that fast?
Please help I don't want to have to buy a third starter to only have it die again...
