Evinrudes troubles - the nightmare trip from Nassau
Evinrude Engine failure: lost three fichtson 180 mile trip. Other problems with these engines too.<br /><br />Repowering now with three 225 Yamaha 4 strokes.<br /><br />I had a 10 amp fuse on the center engine that kept blowing when this Evinrude 250 was hot, and you shut her down. <br /><br />the fuse would blow every time when you tried to restart. <br /><br />Cold; she would not blow the fuse. <br /><br />On an Evinrude this 10 amp fuse controls everything, and your starter won't engage when she "blows". <br /><br />that's another reason I am in the midst of repowering. <br /><br />On the 180 mile (last) trip with these 4 year old 250 Fichts, I lost the port engine about 70 miles out (either another EMM failure or something else). She still turns over, but won't run! <br /><br />Than, when I made it to Port Everglades inlet (on the remaining two engines), the center engine popped out of forward gear after I came off of a plane, and would not go back into forward, but would go into reverse, so I "Shut er down" like the Cable Guy told me, and came into the "intercoastal" on my last engine (the starboard side). <br /><br />The starboard engine conked out 3 blocks from customs. It was like someone pulled the plug on your vacuum cleaner. <br /><br />I got her restarted - made it to customs, but had another 11 miles down the intercoastal to go. <br /><br />The engine failed five more times before I hit the ramp at Hollindale to get hauled on a trailer. <br /><br />It's probably another failed EMM on the Starboard. <br /><br />I have had 8 EMMs on this boat - that's why I didn't even think twice about another set of ETecs. <br /><br />Bombardier once gave me 3 EMMs FREE at 200 hours, and I had two failures before this. <br /><br />Spoke to Bob who is installing the Yammies this morning. <br /><br />He's installed hundreds of engines of all types. He's been building boats since the 1970s. <br /><br />Builds a strong 40 footer. better than any Fountain. 1-1/2 inch thick is the thickness of the thru hole fitting in the stern. <br /><br />all fiberglass - I had my gunwales foamed up to the bow for more strength.
