milky cylinder

bayliner12

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Re: milky cylinder

so, disconnect one of the wires on the first terminal bolck and check resistance between it and the wire on the 2nd terminal block?
 

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Yes, just make sure the wire you disconnect goes to the stator itself. There's another wire under the same screw, but it goes to the CDI module.

Earlier you mentioned there was some gas smelling fluid when you pulled the bottom head bolt out. That's because #3 & #4 cylinders aren't firing and dumping raw fuel into the exhaust chamber. Doesn't hurt anything.

Typically when you loose fire on two cylinders on the same CDI module, its either a stator problem or wires between the stator and CDI module. Also check the white wire that runs from the #3 & #4 CDI module. Make sure it's not grounded out when the ignition key is on. To kill the ignition, the ignition key grounds out the white wire from each CDI module when you turn it to "OFF". Other possibilities can be broken wires on the CDI module or trigger or the CDI module itself, or ignition trigger. You just have to eliminate each possibility one at a time. If you start removing the wires from the terminal block, be very careful to mark and or take pictures of the wires before you start messing with them. Trying to get them squared away after someone has messed them up can be a real pain.
 

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Re: milky cylinder

what is this resistance chech checking? stator or the module?
 

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It's checking the stator. The stator is basically a wire coil. Easy to check with a meter. Make sure the wires coming from the stator are not rubbing against the flywheel. This does happen sometimes and the insulation gets rubbed off and shorts the wire to ground. The CDI module has some circuitry inside it. Since it's sealed, you can't really test the components inside it. You can measure the output voltage of the CDI module with a DVA adapter and a digital multi-meter. If you don't have a DVA adapter, you can swap the CDI modules around and see if the problem moves to the other cylinders. This is where marking the wires on the terminal block becomes important.
 

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Re: milky cylinder

i checked resistance between the 2 top wires on the block, they said 3 and 4, red zero wether they were connected or not, measured 1 and 2, read 420 weather they were connected or not.

the book says to disconnect the yellow wires at the rectifier and check resistance there...I'm so baffled!!
 

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The two wires that were labeled 3 and 4 should read exactly the same as the ones labeled 1 and 2. Double check to make sure these wires come from underneath the flywheel they. If so, then It looks like you have a bad stator.
 

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yes they do, what about the test at the rectifier, i want to be sure, we're getting into pricey parts now, should I check the trigger?
 

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The two yellow wires for the rectifier are for the battery charging winding in the stator. They should read less than 1 OHM. Almost a dead short. When you replace the stator, these get replaced too since they're part of the stator itself. Sending you a PM.
 

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Private message. At the top of the Forum you'll see a gray line that has New Posts, Private message, FAQ, calendar etc. Just click on private message.
 

bayliner12

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do you know what size the bolt holes in the fly wheel are, the bolts that came with the puller are 5/16 and too big so im guessing 1/4 20, or are they metric?
 

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Yes they are 1/4 20. Get some grade 8 bolts and make sure they're long enough to thread all the way into the holes in the flywheel. Cheap bolts can strip out and mess up the threads.
 

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i took the fly wheel off, the stator "contact" a pretty rusty, can that be my problem?
 

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The stator should not be contacting (touching) anything. It should have 4 bolts holding it down. There's a "strip" magnet that should be epoxied to the inner circumference of the flywheel. A little rust under the flywheel is normal.
 

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checked the rectifier with an ohmeter, from ac to +, both ways and nothing, should i assume the recifier is bad too? i guess that would explain the stator?
 

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i may have had my meter set wrong, i put it on the 20M scale of my digital meter and got a reading, one way higher than the other as the book says, i just dont know what they mean by "higher" but there was definatly a difference
 

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You also need to check from "-" negative to AC in both directions. If you have any doubt about the rectifier, a replacement is available from Radio Shack for less than $5.
 

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Re: milky cylinder

really, there 85 at the boat store? got the stator..Thank-you!!!
 
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