Reply To: Evinrude Fastwin 18 HP 15032 Leaking Around Exhaust

[Jeff Barsch]

I was able to hit the lake yesterday, no leaking and motor ran and idled very smooth. I got a lot of odd loks at the ramp since there was no pan or hood on the engine!!! I varied the speed as suggested an ran 24:1 mix, ran for about 45 minutes. When I got home I pulled the plugs and both looked good not wet with water or any signs of one cylinder running richer than the other. Today I will be retorquing the head and exhaust bolts and pulling the powerhead to reinstall the lower pan .
Thanks again to everyone for the great tips and advice to get this old girl running again. I have also posted a WTB add for a starter housing in the classifieds as one of my starter mounting legs is about 90% cracked and my JB weld repair failed last night. If anyone has laying around it would be the final part I need (I hope).

I also hope to get some before and after pics posted, just haven’t found my teardown pics, I guess that is a problem with a project taking 3 years to complete….

1954 Evinrude 7.5 HP
1954 Evinrude 15 HP
1954 Gale 12 HP
1955 Johnson 10 HP
1956 Johnson 10 HP
1956 Gale 12 HP
1956 Evinrude 5.5 HP
1957 Johnson Golden Javelin 35
1958 Johnson 7.5
1960 Evinrude 18 HP
1973 Johnson 6 HP