Hi all, I have a '94 Evinrude 40 that I'm about to take out fishing with the family next week. Before doing so, I usually test it in the yard with our hose covering the water intakes. Doing so yesterday, I experienced a very strange problem that has me baffled. I hooked up the hose and got it running. At mid RPM, it started to hang, even after backing off throttle. Did a few more revs and all of a sudden it hung and then never came back down. Reset throttle to idle and motor started climbing by itself all the way to full RPM. Pulled safety kill and it kept going - turned off ignition switch and it still kept going. Pulled fuel line and it stayed running for about 20-30 seconds until fuel ran out. Let it sit for a while and tried again after jiggling wires, checking contacts, etc.
Anyone ever heard of this happening? I've searched all over the web and different forums, include MarineEngine.com which I've used in the past and find nothing. Thanks in advance for any possible insight!
Jeremy
Anyone ever heard of this happening? I've searched all over the web and different forums, include MarineEngine.com which I've used in the past and find nothing. Thanks in advance for any possible insight!
Jeremy