Hi
I am totally new to outboard and after buying one it went pop in 15mins.
Turns out the old owner rebuilt the engine after some kind of over heating problem. The owner didn't tell me this otherwise I would of used 25:1 fuel
After I stripped the engine down, the owner put the wrong rod caps on the wrong rods. It looks like a cap broke off and flew through the read causing damage to the REED, intake manifold, Piston and Power Head. After lots of reading and feeling totally gutted I decided to source a second hand power head and power head rebuilt kit which included bearings and pistons.
While I was tearing the engine down, I noticed the outboard had different screws / bolts and the odd thing just bodged, so got knows if it was all torqued properly.
Anyway, it's now rebuilt and I want to ensure I do everything right so any tips and hints would be great.
The engine pee's alot of water out the tail which is a good sign. The water shoots out.
The engine starts and can idle.
The PSI in both cylinders using 5 pulls on the rope is 123PSI.
I need to break this engine in. I can't get it out on the boat for a while so I am wondering if you have any tips on how I can do this in a tank?
Also, I''ve not adjusted any idle screws / timing etc. Is there an easy to follow procedure on this?
Hopefully next year I'll have some fun with this
Thanks
James
I am totally new to outboard and after buying one it went pop in 15mins.
Turns out the old owner rebuilt the engine after some kind of over heating problem. The owner didn't tell me this otherwise I would of used 25:1 fuel
After I stripped the engine down, the owner put the wrong rod caps on the wrong rods. It looks like a cap broke off and flew through the read causing damage to the REED, intake manifold, Piston and Power Head. After lots of reading and feeling totally gutted I decided to source a second hand power head and power head rebuilt kit which included bearings and pistons.
While I was tearing the engine down, I noticed the outboard had different screws / bolts and the odd thing just bodged, so got knows if it was all torqued properly.
Anyway, it's now rebuilt and I want to ensure I do everything right so any tips and hints would be great.
The engine pee's alot of water out the tail which is a good sign. The water shoots out.
The engine starts and can idle.
The PSI in both cylinders using 5 pulls on the rope is 123PSI.
I need to break this engine in. I can't get it out on the boat for a while so I am wondering if you have any tips on how I can do this in a tank?
Also, I''ve not adjusted any idle screws / timing etc. Is there an easy to follow procedure on this?
Hopefully next year I'll have some fun with this
Thanks
James