Hi folks, been plucking up the courage to post this, so please be gentle with me .
I have posted before about my brother in law's engine, 1995 model, serial 703828 6L1 UL Y.
I hate to say this, and I know you will hate to read this, but the engine has been unused in nearly 3 years by the time we get to it in August. To compound matters, it was always ran in salt water, and the guy who retrieved it from the harbour for us did not flush it through. I used to religiously flush it in a barrel, and put a load of fogging oil down the carbs, and it always started well, albeit with a lot of white smoke for a while.
The engine is in the middle of nowhere, in the south of Ireland, so there is no chance of dropping lower units, and replacing impeller etc. If anything broke, we would be stuffed (we may be anyway...).
I need to know what are the bare necessities that I should do to try and get it going, and keep it going. I was thinking of replacing
Is there anything else that you can think of that doesnt involve a workshop? I dread to think what the water channels will look like, if they are salted up. Is there anything I can run in the fuel tank to help clean the carbs etc.?
The other thing I have to do is take off the side of the Yamaha 703 control box. I replaced the key switch last time I was over, but trying to get the 10 wires back into that small space was a job in itself. When the throttle is advanced, it seems to stiffen up at 3/4, and I have a feeling one of the wires might be catching and stopping it from going further forward.
Yours grovellingly,
John
I have posted before about my brother in law's engine, 1995 model, serial 703828 6L1 UL Y.
I hate to say this, and I know you will hate to read this, but the engine has been unused in nearly 3 years by the time we get to it in August. To compound matters, it was always ran in salt water, and the guy who retrieved it from the harbour for us did not flush it through. I used to religiously flush it in a barrel, and put a load of fogging oil down the carbs, and it always started well, albeit with a lot of white smoke for a while.
The engine is in the middle of nowhere, in the south of Ireland, so there is no chance of dropping lower units, and replacing impeller etc. If anything broke, we would be stuffed (we may be anyway...).
I need to know what are the bare necessities that I should do to try and get it going, and keep it going. I was thinking of replacing
- spark plugs
- thermostats and gaskets
- pressure control valve and gasket
- remote oil tank filter
- engine fuel filter
- primer bulb
Is there anything else that you can think of that doesnt involve a workshop? I dread to think what the water channels will look like, if they are salted up. Is there anything I can run in the fuel tank to help clean the carbs etc.?
The other thing I have to do is take off the side of the Yamaha 703 control box. I replaced the key switch last time I was over, but trying to get the 10 wires back into that small space was a job in itself. When the throttle is advanced, it seems to stiffen up at 3/4, and I have a feeling one of the wires might be catching and stopping it from going further forward.
Yours grovellingly,
John
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