My 1973 Evinrude 6HP starts up just fine and runs consistently for long periods of time but it runs super slow - maybe 1/4 of the normal speed - that's the only symptom. Ive thoroughly cleaned the carb and that didn't help. Im going to give you the full backstory and see if anyone can help:
-Im not sure if this is related to the issue but its been underwater several times in the last year and a half. We had some historic floods in Texas and my garage flooded 3 times this year. Each time, I pickled the engine, let it sit for a week and got it running. It actually ran even better after the first pickling....so im not sure if this has anything to do with the current issue, but wanted to add this info in case it helps.
-After cleaning the carb didnt work, I went and bought a cheap compression tester from harbor freight and both cylinders are only reading 15psi but its hard to believe that they could be that low. would it even run on 15psi?
-When I took the spark plugs out I noticed that the bottom plug was fairly clean and dry, the second, however, was dripping water/oil.
What should I do next to try and fix? My knowledge of fixing outboards doesn't go much further than the sparks and carb.
Many thanks!
-Im not sure if this is related to the issue but its been underwater several times in the last year and a half. We had some historic floods in Texas and my garage flooded 3 times this year. Each time, I pickled the engine, let it sit for a week and got it running. It actually ran even better after the first pickling....so im not sure if this has anything to do with the current issue, but wanted to add this info in case it helps.
-After cleaning the carb didnt work, I went and bought a cheap compression tester from harbor freight and both cylinders are only reading 15psi but its hard to believe that they could be that low. would it even run on 15psi?
-When I took the spark plugs out I noticed that the bottom plug was fairly clean and dry, the second, however, was dripping water/oil.
What should I do next to try and fix? My knowledge of fixing outboards doesn't go much further than the sparks and carb.
Many thanks!