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shawnwagner1972
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Bought the motor - used twice. Struggled to properly start the first time, believe I flooded it etc. Got it running, ripped up and down the lake...all was good. Ran wide open fine, trolled and idled fine. A couple times though, when going from slow to high speed, it would only go about 60-70% of it's potential full speed - consistently though, not cutting in and out. Then later, after trolling, stopping etc, full speed would be there again. Never any problem starting though.
Second time out it started better (likely me), but the high speed problem still there.
Took it for a tune up and he said the carb was out. He "fixed" it.
Then it wouldn't troll without stalling, and high speed cut in and out and all over. A complete mess. Now he says it needs a new stator. I've read a bit about stators. But, I'm wondering if I actually need one, or if I'm being taken advantage of. HELP!
JIM - my plan is already to pull the motor from the shop and take it elsewhere. The mechanic is attempting to convince me to finish the repair. I'm researching to get a better knowledge of the "stator" so I'm not completely clueless when having a conversation.
What I'm hoping to find out at the minimum is......what is the likelihood that the cause of my ORIGINAL problem was a bad stator?
What is the likelihood of my current motor symptoms being a bad stator?
My gut tells me he intentionally gave me a bad tune up.....creating symptoms that would allow him to diagnose an expensive part that would keep me at the shop.
REPLIES
Thanks to all. You've mostly confirmed my gut feeling on this. I'll bite the bullet on what I already paid him to make my boat unuseable, and bring it somewhere else.
Second time out it started better (likely me), but the high speed problem still there.
Took it for a tune up and he said the carb was out. He "fixed" it.
Then it wouldn't troll without stalling, and high speed cut in and out and all over. A complete mess. Now he says it needs a new stator. I've read a bit about stators. But, I'm wondering if I actually need one, or if I'm being taken advantage of. HELP!
JIM - my plan is already to pull the motor from the shop and take it elsewhere. The mechanic is attempting to convince me to finish the repair. I'm researching to get a better knowledge of the "stator" so I'm not completely clueless when having a conversation.
What I'm hoping to find out at the minimum is......what is the likelihood that the cause of my ORIGINAL problem was a bad stator?
What is the likelihood of my current motor symptoms being a bad stator?
My gut tells me he intentionally gave me a bad tune up.....creating symptoms that would allow him to diagnose an expensive part that would keep me at the shop.
REPLIES
Thanks to all. You've mostly confirmed my gut feeling on this. I'll bite the bullet on what I already paid him to make my boat unuseable, and bring it somewhere else.