1996 Evinrude 88 Problem

[Turtletaub]

Howdy all,

A friend of mine has a problem with his boat motor. He says he was running along and suddenly lost power, he was able to limp back to the boat ramp. He discovered a burnt wire on the motor.

I have a few pictures of it. I was hoping someone here might take a look at the pictures and please let me know what might have happened and maybe a ball park idea of what it would cost to fix. Thank you much.


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e277/t_wfl70/0201091735a-1.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e277/t_wfl70/0201091735b.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e277/t_wfl70/0201091736b.jpg

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: 1996 Evinrude 88 Problem

need clearer pictures, did the motor run hot?

 

[Turtletaub]

Re: 1996 Evinrude 88 Problem

Sorry about the quality of the photos. I have a picture of the other side of the motor. It is better quality and has the identical wire on this side (only it is not burnt). I marked it with a red arrow. As far as it running hot, I am not sure.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e277/t_wfl70/0201091736aa.jpg

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: 1996 Evinrude 88 Problem

looks like it got hot, that is the temp sending unit. did the alarm go off.

 

[Turtletaub]

Re: 1996 Evinrude 88 Problem

I was able to finally get a hold of my friend. He said the motor did not get hot and that there was no alarm. He said he was running along and all of a sudden he lost power.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: 1996 Evinrude 88 Problem

the grounding of the wire, may have put the motor in slow mode, max rpms, would be 2500, to keep from ruining motor. it thought the motor was running hot. but why the wire burnt, no idea.

 

[Turtletaub]

Re: 1996 Evinrude 88 Problem

Yeah the burnt wire might just be the tip on an iceberg. I guess we'll replace that sending unit first and see what happens from there. Thank you very much for your help and insight.