What's with the arcing from my flywheel to starter pole?

[brother chris]

I have this 1978 55hp evinrude I bought last week, and I had some problems with it running at idle after taking for a run. So today I put in new plugs and carb kit in each carb. I checked all fuel lines, they are tight. But when I run the engine at high speeds in neutral, there is an arc between the flywheel and the starter pole(it is a blue spark). I don't know why? <br /> It also hestitated every 3 seconds or so like there was not enough gas, or, maybe cause of the arcing? So I played with the idle adjustment and now it only hesitates every 10 seconds, but I see no arcing when it is idling at low speeds(in neutral).

 

[rolmops]

Re: What's with the arcing from my flywheel to starter pole?

Hello.<br />DO NOT RUN YOUR ENGINE AT HIGH RPM WITHOUT A LOAD.<br />It is by far the best way to ruin it.<br />Sounds to me that you may have a bad wire or coils.<br />In other words,the highest time to buy a manual. First and foremost check for the stupid little things like a loose or damaged wire.Especially the grounding wires and connections,which in my opinion are the main suspects.<br />Very often it turns out to be one of the wires that go to the plugs.<br />When you go through the check and elimination process make sure you start with the cheap problems so you don't buy unnessecary expensive parts without solving the problem.<br />Good luck.