Recent content by whizbang

Did not do a engine pressure test prior to putting it back in boat. But, Pulled the temp sensor and tested the coil, coil tested fine but found the wires at the boot were brittle so cut those back a bit and got rid of the brittle and reattached the boots. I had used a spark tester before and...

Thank you for the detailed response. I will start working through this. I don't know how many hours are technically on this engine. Bought the boat with engine disassembled winter of '22 and rebuilt it with new bearings on the crank and all new gaskets and new carb before running it summer of...

Hey, I have a Yamaha J650C with Riva Red pipe in my Jet-N-Spray ive been restoring. Ran great early last year. Towards end of season it started occasionally making a brapbababa kind of sound after it shut off then turned back on. This year it's starts up and sounds great on 1st startup but any...