evinrude v4 1988 140hp - cutting out

gshoemark

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evinrude v4 1988 140hp - cutting out

06-19-2013, 03:50 AM

my engine starts fine but when you go to engage it into gear it cuts out, but when it does go (after trying over and over again) I can get it to go but it splutters runs a bit rough then it just kicks into life like there was no problem... any ideas? when it did this we went 5 nautical miles with no problem until we stopped again.
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Elton Smith

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06-19-2013, 04:45 PM

I had a 25 hp that did the same thing.Checked compression and it was good.Ran fine for a while then did the same thing again.Rechecked compression and one was high and one real low.What was happening was I only had 1/2 the torc I needed to get the boat moving.I think once it got going it had enough umph to run.I would have never guessed a compression problem.Hope this might help.
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