trainfan1 wrote:
: banj wrote:
: It is true I am new to boating but I am familiar with engines.Nothing I
: can do to help the service guy out? Squirt oil in the cylinders?WD 40
: electronics?Flip it back over? Thanks Banj
:

: From the Owner's Manual:

: MOTOR DROPPED OVERBOARD (NOT RUNNING):

: If motor is recovered from water immediately, it must be serviced within
: 3 hours after recovery. See your DEALER. (See PROLONGED SUBMERSION.)

: Since this motor is provided with needle bearings, it must be serviced
: within 3 hours after recovery to avoid costly repairs. Both fresh and
: salt water characteristically will start etching the highly machined
: bearing surfaces of the crankshaft and connecting rods as well as the
: bearings once exposed to the surrounding atmosphere.

Camshaft and connecting rods are only present in a 4 cycle engine.
I think this guy has a 2 cycle engine which would negate the validity
of the information.

b.

wrote:
trainfan1 wrote:
: banj wrote:
: It is true I am new to boating but I am familiar with engines.Nothing I
: can do to help the service guy out? Squirt oil in the cylinders?WD 40
: electronics?Flip it back over? Thanks Banj
:

: From the Owner's Manual:

: MOTOR DROPPED OVERBOARD (NOT RUNNING):

: If motor is recovered from water immediately, it must be serviced within
: 3 hours after recovery. See your DEALER. (See PROLONGED SUBMERSION.)

: Since this motor is provided with needle bearings, it must be serviced
: within 3 hours after recovery to avoid costly repairs. Both fresh and
: salt water characteristically will start etching the highly machined
: bearing surfaces of the crankshaft and connecting rods as well as the
: bearings once exposed to the surrounding atmosphere.

Camshaft

Who said camshaft?

and connecting rods are only present in a 4 cycle engine.

This is not a Wankel. Trust me, he's got connecting rods in his 120.
Oddly enough, Johnson & Evinrude campaigned a rotary engine back in the
'60s, but they never went into production beyond snowmobiles.


I think this guy has a 2 cycle engine which would negate the validity
of the information.

Think again - this is from the OWNER'S MANUAL... 2 cycle, EVINRUDE 120...

Rob

I think this guy has a 2 cycle engine which would negate the validity
of the information.

You are incorrect. As was clearly listed in the original post it's the
CRANKSHAFT needle bearings that that require immediate attention. Those
buggers are tiny and any amount of corrosion on them will quite quickly
destroy them and the crankshaft.