1985 115 Evinrude Cutting Out

[Islandlure]

Re: 1985 115 Evinrude Cutting Out

Just an update, although I have not purchased a DVA adapter for my multimeter to check the regulator/rectifier yet, I picked my boat up today to bring home from the mechanic and I have truly decided that he will never touch this motor again. He said that the bottom carb was missing all the jets, mind you this is the carb he had rebuilt about 2 weeks ago, and he blamed me that I took the carb apart and took the jets out, hmm what would be the point in that...? He said my boat was running bad because my fuel was 80% water because he took a fuel sample an had it checked out, lol what a joke this guy is... I just purchased the 6 gallon external tank and put fuel in it 2 days before for to sole purpose of testing this motor so unless the gas station sells 80% water full this guy is full of it. I had just ran all new full lines and new primer ball as I described above less than a week ago and he claims that all the fuel lines need to be replaced because they are so old and falling apart and lastly my control box is completely wired up backwards even though the Johnson I previously had on here never had an issue. These were the most far fetched claims he made today but trust me there are many more reason he believes this motor is not running properly and they have nothing to do with the motor or the mechanic working on it, they have everything to do with the time of day, the weather and the owner of the boat, LOL.

So, if anybody is in the Clearwater, FL area do not ever take your boat to "Captain Graybeards Marine Service" as it is now my belief that the only thing this guy is qualified to work on is boat powered by wind and that might be a far stretch. Anyways, I believe I can figure out more from the advise of you guys on here than I would dealing with this joker. So I am going to proceed with the recommendation in this thread and see where I end up.

Thank you guys for the help!

 

[SparkieBoat]

Re: 1985 115 Evinrude Cutting Out

the very reason I turned into a DIYer...thanks to the help from the real pros in this forum I can now pretty much troubleshoot any problem with an outboard motor. and with a very small amount of $$$ invested into tools. order that DVA adapter and get a spark gap tester from local auto store. get a multi-meter and a c engine compression gauge. should be able to get every thing for under $150...you will soon find friends you never knew you had...LOL
can you take a look at my motor it wont crank??? please.....

 

[Islandlure]

Re: 1985 115 Evinrude Cutting Out

Ok, here is another update. I still haven't received the DVA adapter for my multimeter so I cannot test anything until around the first of the week. But I put the boat in the water to test out the so called repairs the mechanic made to this motor yesterday, and to my surprise I throttled up and the boat just jumped right up onto plane and took off! I was very surprised to say the least, I can cruise at around 30mph with no more lurching and missing. But the one problem still remains, when I go the WOT the boat runs beautifully for about 15-20 seconds or so then just falls on it's face. After the boat comes down off plane if I still leave the throttle set at WOT about 10 seconds later it stands right back up and takes off again and continues this cycle until I pull the throttle down.
So anyways, I am happy enough that it appears half my issues have been solved but I am going to try to fix this other issue myself because I just do not trust this mechanic.

 

[SparkieBoat]

Re: 1985 115 Evinrude Cutting Out

that sure sounds like a fuel pump issue to me..but could be a coil cutting in and out.

 

[SparkieBoat]

Re: 1985 115 Evinrude Cutting Out

could also be rectifier/regulator going in and out

 

[Islandlure]

Re: 1985 115 Evinrude Cutting Out

Well I am hoping that I will have that DVA by tuesday and I can check it out and hopefully figure out this issue! I am glad I am a bit closer now though but sure wish I had that WOT to get to my fishing hole quicker!

 

[mrbarrettbryan]

Re: 1985 115 Evinrude Cutting Out

Hey I hav the same motor doing the same exact thing! I have also done everything you have explained and I am at the same point where I am trying to figure out if it is the fuel pump or what else it could be.. Please let me know what ends up fixing yours! I just spent all fall winter and most of the spring redoing everything on the boat and it's all very depressing that it seems like it's for nothing when the motors not running correctly!:/

 

[emdsapmgr]

Re: 1985 115 Evinrude Cutting Out

Maybe a weak fuel pump. Can't pump enough fuel to keep the bowls full. Try constantly priming the fuel hose bulb at full throttle. If it keeps running strong-you probably need a fuel pump.

 

[mrbarrettbryan]

Re: 1985 115 Evinrude Cutting Out

I tried pumping the ball at full throttle and still no improvement! Any other suggestions?

 

[joe agey]

Re: 1985 115 Evinrude Cutting Out

Just an update, although I have not purchased a DVA adapter for my multimeter to check the regulator/rectifier yet, I picked my boat up today to bring home from the mechanic and I have truly decided that he will never touch this motor again. He said that the bottom carb was missing all the jets, mind you this is the carb he had rebuilt about 2 weeks ago, and he blamed me that I took the carb apart and took the jets out, hmm what would be the point in that...? He said my boat was running bad because my fuel was 80% water because he took a fuel sample an had it checked out, lol what a joke this guy is... I just purchased the 6 gallon external tank and put fuel in it 2 days before for to sole purpose of testing this motor so unless the gas station sells 80% water full this guy is full of it. I had just ran all new full lines and new primer ball as I described above less than a week ago and he claims that all the fuel lines need to be replaced because they are so old and falling apart and lastly my control box is completely wired up backwards even though the Johnson I previously had on here never had an issue. These were the most far fetched claims he made today but trust me there are many more reason he believes this motor is not running properly and they have nothing to do with the motor or the mechanic working on it, they have everything to do with the time of day, the weather and the owner of the boat, LOL.

So, if anybody is in the Clearwater, FL area do not ever take your boat to "Captain Graybeards Marine Service" as it is now my belief that the only thing this guy is qualified to work on is boat powered by wind and that might be a far stretch. Anyways, I believe I can figure out more from the advise of you guys on here than I would dealing with this joker. So I am going to proceed with the recommendation in this thread and see where I end up.

Thank you guys for the help!

you don't by any chance live in georgia and took your boat to calhoun georgia to have it work on cause it sound a lot like the place I took my boat to have it look at and now it runs worst then it did before I took it.
and the guy charge me $930.00 for bunch of nothing.
Joe