spacerust
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Feb 18, 2008
- Messages
- 190
i had my carbs cleaned out a few weeks ago and my boat ran fine. went out last week and everything ran really smooth. a few days ago i took the boat out fishing and decided to catch some bait in the shallows. it was a little windy so i used a push pole to try and stay from going aground. i had her idling for a while and then turned it off. when i tried to turn it back on the alarm went off and wouldn't turn off. the boat did start but i turned it off quickly wondering what was going on. i figured it probably picked up some mud or something and needed to be ran to clean it out. i turned it off and on about three times and the alarm stayed on. then all of a sudden it turned on and no alarm. still figuring it needed to wash itself out i ran her as normal. i did notice a slight loss of acceleration. well it wasn't a good trip because there was a lot of grass everywhere. i tried avoiding it and stopped to fish for about thirty minutes and when i was going to move i noticed she wouldn't get on plane at WOT. so i decided to head home. i thought it was the grass so i stopped a few times to clean it from the water intake? but it didn't seem like there were any there just on the nose. still wouldn't plane. i have a jack plater so i tried moving it up and down to see if i could get it to plane. nothing. checked compression all between 115-120. it is a 90hp evinrude on a 18' flats boat. 1973 motor. carbs cleaned. it did not overheat either. posted in props section thinking it could be spun hub. they suggested to post here. i have spark, check that as well. what else could cause this?
