recovery of submerged evinrude, advice?

[phralh]

I've made a couple of post earlier, and thanks to replies I've been able to get my 1970 6hp evinrude to work great.

Today I got a phonecall telling me that my boat has sunk, including the engine. Tomorrow i hope to recover the engine and start working on it. I've made a couple of searches on the forums and understand that when I recover it from the water I need to start working on it immedietly. Going to pick up a few bottles of wd40 tomorrow. Will remove plugs and try to get all the water I can out of it. My first question is should I remove the hose marked on the picture below and try to get some oil in there? Does it lead directly to the crankshaft?



What's really sad is that I finally got it working great 2 weeks ago, and now this... Anyway, any other tips/suggestions are appreciated!

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: recovery of submerged evinrude, advice?

is it in fresh or salt water?

 

[phralh]

Re: recovery of submerged evinrude, advice?

Saltwater, not extremely salt though. My guess is that it's been in the water about 12 hours. It's 8pm here in sweden so it's gonna be about another 14-18 hours before I get to it.

//Fredrik

 

[F_R]

Re: recovery of submerged evinrude, advice?

How long has it been under? Clean water or dirty? Fresh or salt? Every case is different. If it was fresh water and not too long, just get it running ASAP. Two-stroke motors are self cleaning and self oiling internally. Remove the spark plugs and crank it over till you have expelled most of the water. Don't waste a lot of time cleaning carburetor and stuff. Merely drain it and flush some fuel through it. Hopefully you will have spark. If not you will have to pull the flywheel and dry the ignition. That doesn't mean leave it sit out in the sun, dry it and get it running. Time is critical, as internal polished steel bearings start to rust as soon as the water hits them, and even faster once exposed to air.

Long submersion, especially in salt water, dirt, mud, sand require that the powerhead be completely disassembled and cleaned immediatly. It is rusting as you read this.

 

[F_R]

Re: recovery of submerged evinrude, advice?

I guess you answered the salt water thing while I was typing. I'd still try getting it running as soon as you get it out. Once you get it running, you will have bought yourself a little time to go in and give the ignition a complete fresh water bath and cleanup because the salt will continue to attack it. In fact, give the whole motor a good hose-off to wash away the salt before trying to get it running.

 

[Walker]

Re: recovery of submerged evinrude, advice?

Heck, if possible I'd submerge it in clean fresh water for a couple of hours

 

[phralh]

Re: recovery of submerged evinrude, advice?

Ok, I might be able to put it in a freshwater bath, does it matter if I put it in upside down though? Guess it shouldn't since it's already soaked?

I don't have the tools to remove the flywheel. Will, for example, a fryingpan with drilled holes work?

We're expecting the first snow within days, and at night the temperatur drops below zero, I guess I should bring the engine in with me at night?

 

[Silvertip]

Re: recovery of submerged evinrude, advice?

If there is any chance the lower unit has water in it, you are well advised to bring it in at night. Frozen water will break the housing.

 

[rickdb1boat]

Re: recovery of submerged evinrude, advice?

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[phralh]

Re: recovery of submerged evinrude, advice?

This is what I found when I got there... haven't got it running, no spark at all. Tried to pop flywheel, but failed. Still hope to get it running in the future, but I'm getting a 1978's 9.9 since the 6hp didn't have enough strengh to push my boat..

Sad to see it like this though. First day I saw no point getting it out of the water since I didn't even have power (storm) and had no freshwater. Day two the waterlevel had sunk about 50 centimeters in 12h witch is very unusuall... Working conditions weren't the best (third picture)..



thanks for all the help!

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: recovery of submerged evinrude, advice?

sorry, keep plugging at it. the 9.9 will be better. remove it before you leave, you learned a hard lesson.