First off, I'm an Etec noob. I'm somewhat familiar with other outboards and have rebuilt quite a few with great success but the E-tecs are foreign to me. Anyway, I just picked up a 2012 130hp Etec edplina from a gentleman for what I thought was a really good deal ($1600) as it is in really good condition besides the following. The PO said he had purchased it from another guy several months back and was told it had 300 hrs on it. The guy i got it from had it installed on his boat and eventually discovered the computer actually read 900 or so hours and 20+ over heats. In any case, When I got it he said "it has low compression" and that was all I was told. It didn't come with a control box but i bought one with a harness and plugged it up. I bumped the key with no fuel/oil connected for a very brief sec and it fired right up. Next, I pulled the plugs and did a compression test. It wasn't a warm compression test with the throttle wide open (no cables and only two hands) but I got:
Strbd top-95 psi
Strbd bottom-100
Port top 120
Port bottom 125
Where should I go from here? Is there something that could cause a low compression reading on these outboards that doesn't require a breakdown and rebuild? I just want to make sure I've eliminated all possible causes before I tear into it. Please forgive me for my ignorance.
Strbd top-95 psi
Strbd bottom-100
Port top 120
Port bottom 125
Where should I go from here? Is there something that could cause a low compression reading on these outboards that doesn't require a breakdown and rebuild? I just want to make sure I've eliminated all possible causes before I tear into it. Please forgive me for my ignorance.
