newoxowner
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"I bought a used 2000 OX66 225
"I bought a used 2000 OX66 225 EFI Saltwater motor with a 90 day warranty (thank God).
Starts at the boat ramp - sometimes will run fine but eventually will stall out. Sometimes the stall happens after putting in gear (which I attribute more to me not allowing it to warm up properly), other times it will run fine then if I hit the trottle hard for a hole shot, she stalls, other times will run fine then stall when I back off the trottle quickly from a 3/4 trottle run. Been out 5 times and towed back 4.
I could handle the stall if the dang thing would then refire. It does not. It turns over I usually hear what sounds to me like a one cylinder trying to fire then it just cranks as if all the plug wires had been pulled.
Got it home Sunday and tried to dulpicate this in the drive way. I adjusted the idle down to where it would stall. Then run it up a bit and cranked it over. Same single firing sound I hear on the water. And the motor just turns over not firing. Run the idel screws in a little more and same result - does not fire.
So at this point I pulled the plugs and squirted a little gas into each cylcinder with a spritzer bottle. Replaced the plugs and turned the key. Motor fired on the fuel I sprayed into her but would not start.
Checked the drain plug in the vapor separator and she drains nice clean fuel, shrader valve has pressure when cranking.
Stopped working on her for a about an hour and tried the key again and she fired right up. She just teases me but really does not want me to put a line in.
Can't figure this out. Anyone got an idea?"
"I bought a used 2000 OX66 225 EFI Saltwater motor with a 90 day warranty (thank God).
Starts at the boat ramp - sometimes will run fine but eventually will stall out. Sometimes the stall happens after putting in gear (which I attribute more to me not allowing it to warm up properly), other times it will run fine then if I hit the trottle hard for a hole shot, she stalls, other times will run fine then stall when I back off the trottle quickly from a 3/4 trottle run. Been out 5 times and towed back 4.
I could handle the stall if the dang thing would then refire. It does not. It turns over I usually hear what sounds to me like a one cylinder trying to fire then it just cranks as if all the plug wires had been pulled.
Got it home Sunday and tried to dulpicate this in the drive way. I adjusted the idle down to where it would stall. Then run it up a bit and cranked it over. Same single firing sound I hear on the water. And the motor just turns over not firing. Run the idel screws in a little more and same result - does not fire.
So at this point I pulled the plugs and squirted a little gas into each cylcinder with a spritzer bottle. Replaced the plugs and turned the key. Motor fired on the fuel I sprayed into her but would not start.
Checked the drain plug in the vapor separator and she drains nice clean fuel, shrader valve has pressure when cranking.
Stopped working on her for a about an hour and tried the key again and she fired right up. She just teases me but really does not want me to put a line in.
Can't figure this out. Anyone got an idea?"
