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outboard properly.I should have poured oil into the cylinders to prevent seizing but i didn't and guess what, i fetched the motor out of my caravan gas locker yesterday and its wont crank"BUGGER". I`m sure it shouldn't be too seized as it was running perfect before i stored it. I do need to have a proper look at it but so far i have flooded the cylinder with wd40 but so far no joy. Any idea`s gratefully received. 
Any one need an anchor?
free the rings eventually, it'll allow the rings to scratch the bores if anythings gone rusty.
Hi Bloo, I did check the obvious stuff ie was it in gear had something dropped down into the flywheel gearing (stone screw etc) but im afraid its seized. I have dropped 2 stroke into the cylinders and stood it on its side to allow the oil to penetrate but no joy. I have removed the pull start and that has no problems so i`m about to remove the head just to see if i can see the problem but i think its room 101 for this motor. I will let you know what i find, all the best.blootac wrote:We've never winterised ours either, just run them dry of fuel then in the garage.
Check the obvious things, definitely not in gear when your trying to start it? Are you able to manually rotate the fly wheel when it's in neutral? Obviously doing all this with no kill cord attached just in case It decides to kick over.
. The top of one of the pots looks ok but the other is knackered ie its so pitted that it looks like the surface of the moon. Thinking about it though i`m glad i never went far from shore with this motor because as sweet as it ran you never know whats going on inside. I didn't pay much for this motor and to be fair i never expected much from it but buyer beware you could have payed a lot more for your second hand motor without not knowing what you are really getting. I dare say if i open the block up i will find that water has been getting into one of the cylinders hence causing the damage (salt water would do that you know) if only the last person to have worked on the engine had made a proper job of it then this motor could have gone on for many many years. 
a few of you stated you never winterize your outboard, well i can tell you i was surprised just how much crud was inside the water jacket that surround the cylinder and that could block some of the channels easy. If you use your outboard in salt water then i would definitely suggest you flush you motor well after each use and every couple of months i would give the motor a treat of the conditioner you can buy (not bloody lenor either ) and i would take the drain plug out of the cylinder head to see that the water runs clean after a good flushing.
Hi bloo, tell me how to do that on this site and and will......and remember i`m no Steven Hawkinsblootac wrote:Ooo post photos!
You can either upload them to somewhere like google photos or tinypic if it's just the one, or flickr then share the link here, or... you can upload the pics as attachments when you create a new post/reply here. Below the message box there's an upload attachment button.fastasfox wrote:Hi bloo, tell me how to do that on this site and and will......and remember i`m no Steven Hawkinsblootac wrote:Ooo post photos!
