1989 140hp Evinrude wont start or idle.

PhatCrewy

Seaman
Joined
Jun 22, 2020
Messages
68
G'day all,

After doing some searching around on this forum and seloc manual and on boatinfo i thought id pick some smart brains on here. I have spark and i have compression, and have cleaned out the carbys. I am trying to do the pick up timing and i am getting a little lost. Now the manual says to loosen the top stop on the throttle rod. and adjust the cam away from the throttle plate thats fine. However there is no mention of the timing base. I see the spark max advance on the starboard side but i also have an adjustment on the port side( which i assume has something to do with the pick up. I cant seem to find a base setting for the port side screw. Anyone point me in the right direction ? i have read a few posts which say idle should sort its self so i am happy to look on the fuel side and maybe throw some start ya bastard down its guts. Also the idle adjustment screw position when conducting this?
 

rowerowe101

Petty Officer 3rd Class
Joined
Aug 4, 2019
Messages
81
id first confirm youre getting fuel to the carbs before messing with timing... have you taken fuel lines after the pump off and turned ignition over to see if fuel is pumping properly?
 
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