Brian Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 (edited) Had a quick blast around the harbour this morning to clear the head after the Dinner Dance. The real reason for the trip was to test my son-in-laws engine. He had trouble last year with it not idling and stalling when put into gear, although it always started well. It's an Evinrude 50hp VRO, although I removed the VRO pump a while ago and fitted a normal fuel pump and mix the oil with the petrol. I removed, stripped and cleaned the carbs did a link and sync, but although it ran much better it still refused to idle. So I decided to check the thermostat and there was the problem, it had failed open so the engine was never reaching running temp. Fitted a new thermostat and took it for a run this morning. It started first turn of the key, after a couple of minutes the fast idle lever was in the normal running position and it was idling perfectly, it had never run so smoothly and quiet. So next thing was to go for a test run. Well it performed like a new boat, straight onto the plane and reaching 30 knots in a matter of seconds, it had never done more than 22 knots previously. So a very successful morning, he's a very happy person, it cleared my head and it's one job I can finally cross off. Edited March 27, 2011 by Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 well done Brian Nice work and a good result Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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