Thread: Motor damaged?
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Old 06-19-2019, 09:48 PM
OL_JR OL_JR is offline
 
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Tough to say but I'd imagine you are fine, I have an old evinrude (about 100hp less though) and overheated it once by accident. I'd just gone through some lilly pads and a couple had positioned themselves perfectly over the water intake so the motor started over heating. Cleared the problem and idled it back, never had a problem with it since and that was 6-7 years ago. The fact that you didn't let it get stone cold right after it shut down is a good thing imho.
Definetly do a compression test but don't freak out if it's a touch low, the motor has some age. Biggest thing is you want to see little deviation between cylinders.
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