89 70hp Evinurde

[woodduck17]

My buddy's motor starts fine--runs fine--but won't shut off. Not with the key or by pulling the safety lanyard. He has to shut it down by disconnecting the fuel line. Where should he start looking and what will he be looking for? Nicked wire or corroded connection maybe?

 

[Dhadley]

Re: 89 70hp Evinurde

Start at the powerpack and find the black wire with a yellow tracer. Either it's not connected at the pack or is disconnected / broken between the pack and the switches.

The pack itself could be bad too. To test it put a temporary kill wire in at the pack connector. Start the motor and short the blck / yellow wire to ground. If it doesn't shut off the circuit is bad internally. Most likely it's a bad wire or connection before the pack and after the switches.