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1979 115 EVINRUDE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM

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KEITH FERNANDEZ

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" NEED SOME ADVICE!! MY 1979 1

" NEED SOME ADVICE!! MY 1979 115 EVINRUDE OUTBOARD IS HAVING TROUBLE STARTING AND RUNNING CONSISTENTLY. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FUEL PROBLEM SO I BOUGHT A NEW LINE AND A NEW TANK AND HAD THE CARBS CLEANED. MOTOR WAS PUT ON DYNO, HAD FULL COMPRESSION AND ELECTRICAL OUTPUT. SIKED!! WENT OUT FOR 1ST TIME THIS YEAR THINKING I WAS ALL SET, SAME PROBLEM. BOGGING DOWN, WHEN RUNNING 3/4 POWER. BROUGHT IT BACK TO MECHANIC, NOW GETTING LESS THAN HALF COMPRESSION, AND RUNNING ON 2 CYL. THEN NO CYL. SAID STATOR WAS CRACKED, BOUGHT A NEW STATOR, HAD IT INSTALLED STILL SAME PROBLEM. GETTING FRUSTRATED!!! STRIPERS ARE COMING SOON!! ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. MIGHT NOT HAVE ANY $$$ LEFT FOR BAIT!!! THANKS IN ADVANCE.....KEITH "
 
" Keith;Sounds to me like you

" Keith;Sounds to me like you need to find a real Johnson/Evinrude dealer that has the proper test equipment,schooling,and service literature.Go to Evinrudeoutboards.com find dealer locator put in your zip code or area code. Zeke "
 
Sound like a head gasket prob

Sound like a head gasket problem if the low compression is on cylinders that are next to each other.
 
Why would he recommend you re

Why would he recommend you replace an expensive part like a stator on an engine with a known compression problem? I have to agree with Zeke.
 
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