Guess who was TOWED in today ??

macojoe

macojoe

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Me, >:(

After the last run, I drained the tanks, new fuel, new gas filter, new plugs, all for nothing!!

Got to the ramp. Started right up!! Took off slow, motor was shaking more then normal??
After getting thur the no wake zone I hit the gas.

Right up on plain and going great!! For 3 min, then it slowed down and staled when I powered down.

After that it wouldn't even turn over??

I pulled the cover, looking at the motoir from the inside of the boat, the right head was so dam hot I couldn't even touch it!!
But the left head was luke warm??

threw anchor and started fishing right there, nothing!! >:(

so flaged a guy down and he towed me in, Nice guys!!

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Well after I got home, I took the termostats out and they both seem to work fine??
I am going to change them any way.

the plugs are brand new and they look very dry and white?? No sign of oil??

read the book to see how to ck the oil pump, after trying to remove the arm that controls the oil , the bottom of the oil pump fell out?

There is a small break on the end of the oil cam. We did use oil on the way out, cause I did ck it before leaving, and when we returned it was down about 1/4 inch.

the motor now spins like it should with no problems, so I hope I did not ruin anything??

Now I have no idea what is doing this? But I am getting that parts motor tue, or wed and I will swap out the oil pump and see what happens??

I am not having a good year!!

Can any one else think of what else to try??

Think I shoulkd pull the head on the hot side to see if anything is bad??

If the head or cylinder is scorn, and I fix the oil and stuff think it will work??
 
 If it's a two cycle with the auto mix feature.... disconnect it and start mixing the gas yourself.  My ol'115 'Rude and a Yammie 90 I have now a had the oil dealio disconnected at my wenchs insistance.

Mix some oil and gas yourself and run the thing. watch and listen for unsual noise or smoke. Outboards are generally very tough motors and hard to kill.
 
I did disconnect before and tryed mixing, but my plugs got fouled every 3rd trip!!

And i mixed it perfect 50:1 evey time!!
 
I always use 87octane and add some Yamaha ring free about every 40 hours. The lower octane burns cleaner and the ring free cleans the carbon out. Good Luck whatever ya do.
 
I use 87 and seafoam a couple of times a year, it will keep the carbon at bay, Yamaha loves carbon.
 
MJ, that's a real BUMMER!! :P ...wish I had some good suggestions...sounds like you been maintainin' good...I's thinkin' the same as Hammerhead about discoin' the auto-oiler and mixin', but that probably wouldn't affect only one side...wishin' ya luck whatever it is... ;) :)...
 
does it have direct oil inject? may have a bad oil injector i had one go bad and killed a cylinder. Check your compression and post the readings please. that will help alot too. I'd run light mixed gas and some Marvel Mystery Oil in each tank right now too. it will loosen up any tightness the heat and lack of oil caused.
 
Man MJ. I am truely sorry bro...that'll rip your heart out and stomp on it. :'(


There are few things that are more frustrating than a broken down outboard....IMO :P
 
It's a 2 stroke, it's so easy to pull the head there is no reason not to do it, except the cost of head gaskets. It's good to exercise the bolts every once in a while so they don't seize up in the block.
 
MJ - It's not sounding good. Check the compression . . .just like skool's said. That'll should tell you want's up. If a cylinder is low on that side then yank the head off and check it out.
 
Mac:
Sorry to hear about a bad day on the water. I got faith in ya Brother !!, you will be back out soon.
Hoping to sneak in a quick ride today if I find a longer control arm. If I make it out, I joined Tow Boat U.S. just in case if I run into problems myself.
Keep us posted on what you find out.
 
Definitely check the compression before pulling the head.

BUMMER! I have to applaud you for being able to take pictures during such an ordeal. I'd be too pissed and my camera would probably be on the bottom of the bay >:(

The good news is that whatever this problem is, you have a bunch of guys on here that can help you out. I just hope your compression is still up there. If not, wonder if the powerhead on the parts motor is up to snuff?
 
Thanks all!!

I will be doing a compression test later today, that should tell weather I can salvage the season or not??

As for the part motor, it has one bad cyl in it.

What I am hopping for is that I can get my motor to limp along for this season, and maybe rebuild the parts motor over the summer and winter. Then in the spring swap out the motors??

As for the pic, I look at it this way, yell scream and cry and in the end the motior is still broke or fo with the flow, I went with the flow!!

Heck I fell asleep across the rear deck for 1/2 hour while my buddy casted for some fish , He got none.

He woke me up when he waved a guy down to tow us home ;)
 
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DANG MAN I HATE THAT FOR YOU!! Not trying to make light of your situation, but I do remember you saying you wanted to take up surf fishing. I guess you could still fish if you so desired.

That is the worst possible news ever. No boat owner ever wants that!

Sorry MJ!
 
MJ I have a '94 150 Yami.  I'll make a good deal for you.  

It needs a carb job and I haven't started it in 10 months.  I took pictures showing it running at that time.  It would idle good as long as RPM's didn't go below 800.  Compression check showed decent compression.  Also, wasn't getting max RPMS.  Only about 4400, or maybe it was 4800?  Probably due to carbs?  Pushed my V21 to about 35ish best I remember.  

No prop or oil tank, but I think you got that covered.  You need to part out your motor as well as the parts motor you just got and buy this one from me for $1200.  Look up the old post in the FS section for pics and info.  I think I took the pics and stuff and posted some time around July of last year.  The exterior cosmetics aren't so good on the cowl, but underneath she is very very clean.  Also lower unit looks to be newer than the rest.

Just something to think about.  Could probably get it shipped up for $150 - $200 or something.

Let me know if I can help a brother out!  I just about put it on eBay the other day, but want to put my old V20 up at the same time and still haven't got the pix of it yet (I'm lazy at selling stuff).

Blue
 
Compression numbers a true BUMMER...talk about a LEEMP DEEQUE, but MJ...you fell asleep after your motor went out?!!...

OK everybody, who's up for givin' MJ the MEGA-NORTON Award for Confidence!!...Vote HERE:

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