jfadool
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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- May 25, 2009
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I have a 15 Evinride that I think is hydrolocking. I think that a large amount of liquid fuel is getting in to the cylinders.
One of the users of this engine said that one day it just stopped working. So when I get to it I pump the fuel line bulb and notice that it is not getting hard. It gets firm but I can still pump fuel through it. So I think ok give it some pulls and see what happens. Well it is hydrolocked.
I assume that the float valve is not seating properly. I pull the carb and everything is spotless. I still pull the valve seat and the spray it clean with some carb cleaner. I also clean the valve its self. I then do a full carb clean because I have it apart anyway. But everything already looked great.
I put the carb back together and I check that the valve is seating by trying to blow through the fuel inlet while pushing the float up and it stopped the air. When I let the valve down I could blow through it.
After reassembly the bulb still would not get hard. And it would still hydrolock.
I tried to get all of the liquid out of the cylinder by just turning the flywheel and that worked but I could not ever get the bulb to get hard.
Should I just put a new carb kit in it, or is there a different thing that could cause the hydrolock.
wow long post and no pictures, sorry.
James
One of the users of this engine said that one day it just stopped working. So when I get to it I pump the fuel line bulb and notice that it is not getting hard. It gets firm but I can still pump fuel through it. So I think ok give it some pulls and see what happens. Well it is hydrolocked.
I assume that the float valve is not seating properly. I pull the carb and everything is spotless. I still pull the valve seat and the spray it clean with some carb cleaner. I also clean the valve its self. I then do a full carb clean because I have it apart anyway. But everything already looked great.
I put the carb back together and I check that the valve is seating by trying to blow through the fuel inlet while pushing the float up and it stopped the air. When I let the valve down I could blow through it.
After reassembly the bulb still would not get hard. And it would still hydrolock.
I tried to get all of the liquid out of the cylinder by just turning the flywheel and that worked but I could not ever get the bulb to get hard.
Should I just put a new carb kit in it, or is there a different thing that could cause the hydrolock.
wow long post and no pictures, sorry.
James
