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I have a 1988 Evinrude 14 hp SPL that seems to have a cooling issue. I ran the motor in a barrel a few weeks ago and no water was coming out the pee hole. After I cut the engine it started to smoke making me believe it had not been getting water to cool it. A week or so later I took it out on...
I can only get my engine going if I cover about 80% of the air intake with my hand and then pull it for a while before it starts up. Doesn’t even fire if my hand isn’t covering most of air intake. Runs fine when it gets goin though.
Any suggestions for how I can fix this?
I have a 1988 Evinrude 14 HP SPL that won’t run after the winter. Last year I had the motor running perfect, would start after one or two pulls no problem. I didn’t do anything to winterize the motor just left it on the boat in my garage, roughly 5-6 months. For the past week I have been trying...
I bought this motor about 2 weeks ago and just tried starting it for first time at home and it wouldn’t start. When I purchased it, the motor started up and idled good. Now that I have it at home I can’t get it going. The spark plugs have spark in the motor. I have primed it correctly and have...
I have a 1988 Evinrude 14 HP SPL that I recently bought, when I purchased the motor it started right up when demonstrated in just 2 pulls. Now that I’m home and tried starting it up about 2 weeks after purchasing it I cannot seem to start it. The engine does not even attempt to start up when I...
