Reply To: Evinrude 38 spl

[frankr]

In my opinion, I still have a hard time relating hitting the stump to the mag plate situation. From my viewpoint, I’d say the looseness and wear has been going on for some time. Well ok, possibly the violent shake of the strike might have jarred the loose parts to a new position. Further inspection is required there. My wild guess is the sensor is ground to bits, causing the run/die condition.

Strike damaging lower crank seal??? Nah.

Lower crank seal prevent motor from running?? Nah, not from running at all or at high speed. Prevent it from idling properly, maybe.