pythontaco
New member
Hi everyone I am new too the forums so I hope this is in the right place. I have a 1972 evinrude 18hp outboard that suddenly stopped running today while out on the lake. Ive only taken this motor out 3 times so im not entirely familiar with it. today when i first brought it out it would not recoil the cord and I thought nothing of it. Then there was a rattling that I thought was coming from the motor cover but maybe not. I was at about 50% throttle when it stopped. I took out the sparkplugs and I can see the pistons move and I can feel compression. The flywheel will turn back and forth about 360 but wont go past a certain point when I turn it either direction.
I have no idea what Is wrong I dont think it is seized but I am not sure any help is appreciated thanks!
I have no idea what Is wrong I dont think it is seized but I am not sure any help is appreciated thanks!