" I took the boat out for a li
" I took the boat out for a little pre-season warm up ths morning. I am running a 1997 Evinrude 225 Vindicator. It started fine evne though it has been about 6 weeks since I last ran it. I ran up and down the lake at various speeds but not over about 50 mph. It ran great, accelerated and slowed fine. I decided to stop and fish for a while but the engine would not turn off. I turned off the ignition key, pulled the kill switch cord off, disconnected the battery, and even pulled the starter switch out and removed the wiring harness. The only way I could stop the engine (it was sitting at idle) was by pulling the air breather box off and placing my hands over the top 2 carbs, causing it to load up, a flood itself. I would really like to have some suggestions as to what might be causing this. It seemed to me like there must be a short or a grounding problem somewhere but I'm not sure where to start looking...
Thanks in advance. "
" I took the boat out for a little pre-season warm up ths morning. I am running a 1997 Evinrude 225 Vindicator. It started fine evne though it has been about 6 weeks since I last ran it. I ran up and down the lake at various speeds but not over about 50 mph. It ran great, accelerated and slowed fine. I decided to stop and fish for a while but the engine would not turn off. I turned off the ignition key, pulled the kill switch cord off, disconnected the battery, and even pulled the starter switch out and removed the wiring harness. The only way I could stop the engine (it was sitting at idle) was by pulling the air breather box off and placing my hands over the top 2 carbs, causing it to load up, a flood itself. I would really like to have some suggestions as to what might be causing this. It seemed to me like there must be a short or a grounding problem somewhere but I'm not sure where to start looking...
Thanks in advance. "