Reply To: Evinrude Speedifour electric start

[Paul Munson]

I made a little more progress tonight but I am now having a different issue. The starter spins strong with the compression plugs removed at the end of the cylinders. This is how I had it when I checked it yesterday. Today I was making an attempt at starting it and found that the starter chugs about as it turns. In other words it is not turning smoothly with full compression. It is pausing at each compression stroke and quickly moving on to the next. This was with a brand new battery just bought today. The cables got extremely hot as well when it was turning. It does not do that when there is no compression. Does anybody out there have a clue what could be causing this? I am going to check the compression on each cylinder tomorrow if I get a chance.

On a brighter note I did get it to run for short spurts by squirting a little gas in the cylinders.

Thanks,
Paul