2001 Manual model. It sat up for 18 months due to a broken heel (mine of course). Took it out last spring and it cranked right up with new gas but smoked like a steam engine with white smoke for a few minutes but then cleared up to a lovely two stroke blue. Ran fine at idle, stumbled at speed. Tracked down an airleak on the bulb and replaced the fuel line and bulb. Cranks and runs, adjusted idle speed to 700 in gear, thought nothing else wrong and went fishing. Time to go home and it won't cough at all. Now with this engine, I've never had to choke it after the initial crank which takes one to three pulls. After warming up, I've enjoyed one pull starts for 7 years. After getting home on the troller, I pulled the plugs and they were wet. Dried them and let the motor sit overnight before putting them back. Put the motor back in the water the next day and no joy in muddville. Towed home and got some new plugs. Cranked up ran fine at low speed which was all I needed at the time. Thought I had it covered.
Six months later, new gas, cranked and ran fine at low speed again. Idled out to the middle of the river a mile from the launch, caught some bait and was getting ready to catch a biggun. Idling around watching the Finder and the motor just took a nap. Got real quiet real quick. Pull, pull, pull... cuss... pull, pull, pull... cuss... choke, pull, pull... really cuss... fish, fish, pull, fish, fish, pull, pull... point the troller home, drink beer, drink another beer... cuss some more. Got home and pulled plugs, wet again. Shine light in sparkplug hole and see a brand new piston looking at me. Not bad for a 10 year old motor. OH WAIT! That's not good!
Lots of corrosion on the bolts and it appears like some leakage through the gasket. Must have had some salt in it's earlier life.
Now I'm not a spring chicken and I surely don't enjoy pulling on a starter rope, much less being stranded miles from home. I'm going to order a new head gasket with new bolts, thermostat, and gasket.
What I need from you guys, if you please, is instructions on the proper way to put this thing back together. I see the bolt holes are numbered. Is that the torque sequence? 24.5 Ft Lbs stamped on the Head. I'll need a torque wrench, i guess. What about gasket compound or glue? Any particular kind? I've already cleaned the old gasket off, thanks to Dremel for that.
Has anyone suffered a similar fate? What's the prognosis? Anything else to look at while I've got it apart?
BTW, It's been 4 or 5 years since I was last here. Name's Alacat, the fisherman previously known as ToonTime and I'm a boataholic. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Six months later, new gas, cranked and ran fine at low speed again. Idled out to the middle of the river a mile from the launch, caught some bait and was getting ready to catch a biggun. Idling around watching the Finder and the motor just took a nap. Got real quiet real quick. Pull, pull, pull... cuss... pull, pull, pull... cuss... choke, pull, pull... really cuss... fish, fish, pull, fish, fish, pull, pull... point the troller home, drink beer, drink another beer... cuss some more. Got home and pulled plugs, wet again. Shine light in sparkplug hole and see a brand new piston looking at me. Not bad for a 10 year old motor. OH WAIT! That's not good!
Lots of corrosion on the bolts and it appears like some leakage through the gasket. Must have had some salt in it's earlier life.
Now I'm not a spring chicken and I surely don't enjoy pulling on a starter rope, much less being stranded miles from home. I'm going to order a new head gasket with new bolts, thermostat, and gasket.
What I need from you guys, if you please, is instructions on the proper way to put this thing back together. I see the bolt holes are numbered. Is that the torque sequence? 24.5 Ft Lbs stamped on the Head. I'll need a torque wrench, i guess. What about gasket compound or glue? Any particular kind? I've already cleaned the old gasket off, thanks to Dremel for that.
Has anyone suffered a similar fate? What's the prognosis? Anything else to look at while I've got it apart?
BTW, It's been 4 or 5 years since I was last here. Name's Alacat, the fisherman previously known as ToonTime and I'm a boataholic. Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Nice to read that your baby is back on water. One issue, looking at fifth picture, see that you have the engine still mounted at base, how did you torqued both bottom cylinder head bolts, did you use a special tool/adapter to do so ? A normal socket wrench won't fit, you'll need to remove complete head from base to torque all bolts properly when changing a new head gasket.