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88 exciter

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gerritvaniperen

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Hi all.
So I've been a member of the forum for a while and just recently picked up my first checkmate!!
A buddy of mine found this gem for sale along side the road. imagejpg1_zpsbb87c730.jpg
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It has less then 200 hours on it and it shows. The interior in next to perfect, and there is only minor oxidization in the gel coat. imagejpg1_zpsb822f6a8.jpg
Oh and ya. It came with the original owners manual! It's a one owner boat that was custom ordered.
The motor is a 89 evinrude 200xp. The motor, even though the years are different is original as well. It being 25 years old with few hours has brought its own set of complications. For a 200 it seems to bog quite a bit at lower rpms. I've been putting sea foam in the gas hoping that would help. Every once and a while she seems to get it together, but progress is slow.
So far I've spent a few hours buffing out the oxidization, but will wait until winter sets in and boating is outta the picture. I plan to remove all the metal and buff with 3m compound and 3m finesse it II. So far that's worked to remove the oxidization. Thankfully, it looks like I won't be wet sanding!! :)
 
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Congratulations on the boat. She looks to be in great condition. As for your motor bogging I had a similar situation with my old 135 Evinrude years ago.You might check to float chambers and jets on the carbs for dirt and deteriorated fuel line particles. The ethanol in the gas can be tough on fuel lines. The Seafoam is a great additive anytime in my book. A wax product that I like to use is Collinite #870 Liquid Fleet Wax. Best of luck with your new to you boat.:thumb: Jim

 
mishawakajim said:
Congratulations on the boat. She looks to be in great condition. As for your motor bogging I had a similar situation with my old 135 Evinrude years ago.You might check to float chambers and jets on the carbs for dirt and deteriorated fuel line particles. The ethanol in the gas can be tough on fuel lines. The Seafoam is a great additive anytime in my book. A wax product that I like to use is Collinite #870 Liquid Fleet Wax. Best of luck with your new to you boat.:thumb: Jim
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Thanks Jim.
So far my research has told me the same. I'm just building up the courage to take the carbs off and give them a good cleaning. :)
 
:welcome: shes a beautiful vessel, well cared for is not something my exciter came with but it is turning out to be as much fun as I wanted and more, enjoy your labor of love and hope to get some speed numbers when the bogging is straightened out!
 
Today I pulled two carbs off and cleaned them. There was some varnish in there but having never done carbs before I'm not sure how bad they were. I guess any is bad. I pulled a few spark plugs and they had dry crusty carbon on them. Is this a sign of anything in particular? Also, can I lightly sand this carbon off, or should I get new plugs?
 
Welcome to the forum. I'm sure you can clean the plugs but I'd just get new ones as a solid starting point. We all understand budgets are involved but if money allows for new plugs I'd definitely change them out as well as new fuel lines.
 
Further to my previous post, there seems to be more then normal carbon build up in the prop exhaust? Hard to see from the picture but it's caked on pretty thick. imagejpg1_zpsc0e2764a.jpg
 
Are you running premix or oil injection? Premix will usually cause a bit more carbon as its running heavy oil at lower rpm's. All 2 strokes have some carbon build up. The motor may never have been cleaned up and been sitting like that for years. If you found varnish in the bowls, chances are the passages in the carbs have some in there as well. That can lead to the engine running lean, which can make it go boom. Not trying to scare you but I'd spend a few to make sure they're clean and the motor is getting good fuel. The plugs can be cleaned up pretty well but for the cost of them its good to just replace so you know what you've got. Good luck.
 
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Are you running premix or oil injection? Premix will usually cause a bit more carbon as its running heavy oil at lower rpm's. All 2 strokes have some carbon build up. The motor may never have been cleaned up and been sitting like that for years. If you found varnish in the bowls, chances are the passages in the carbs have some in there as well. That can lead to the engine running lean, which can make it go boom. Not trying to scare you but I'd spend a few to make sure they're clean and the motor is getting good fuel. The plugs can be cleaned up pretty well but for the cost of them its good to just replace so you know what you've got. Good luck.
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Ya. I am premixing 50:1. There was no varnish in the bowls, but pretty much everywhere else had a thin layer. I changed the sparkplugs, and took it out yesterday and she ran much much better. I upgraded my prop from a dinged up 19p to a less dinged up 23p. The hole shot with the 23 was better then what I was getting last weekend with the 19. So I guess that could be called a success! :)

I plan to change the fuel lines yet. When I touch the fuel lines they give off a nasty black grime. If the insides are doing the same that would be polluting the fuel.
 
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