I just purchased a 15 hp evinrude motor. It was a motor that was stored for alot of years in a basement. Probably only about 15 hrs on the motor. One of those years it flooded. I pulled the head and there was rust on the spark plugs and rust on the cylinder walls. After a little wd-40 in the cylinder and some hand cranking the pistons are now working again. Inspection of the intake and exhaust ports didnot reveal any significant water or rust, and no pitting on the cylinder walls. I cleaned the cylinders up as best I could and put the head back on. I put it in a clean garbage can with fresh gas and it fired and ran on the third pull. I mixed the gas extra rich about 20:1 and sprayed fogging oil in the carb as soon as it fired. I also replaced the impellor. Now that you have the backgroung here are my questions.<br />1. How do I know if the engine is overheating? The water that comes out the **** hole is cool to the touch. But is a steady solid stream at idle. The engine is not too hot to the touch except on the head.<br /><br />2. Is there any way to tell if the crank bearing or anything inside the case is corroded? I saw two cover on the engine is one of these an insprection cover.<br /><br />3. Is tere anything else I can do to improve my chances of not ruining this motor anymore?<br /><br />Thank You
