Hi all. I have a 1993 Yamaha Pro-60 thats acting up. The other day, right after leaving the dock, I opened the throttle and just before the boat reached plane, I lost a cylinder. The motor kept running but only on 2 cylinders. I threw it into neutral and kept the throttle at approx. 50% just to keep it running. After about 30 seconds, the 3rd cylinder started to fire again and the engine ran/idled fine. Again, I opened the throttle and just as before, right before plane, the cylinder (not sure which one) died again. I then shut the motor off and changed the plugs (glad I remembered to buy some!). I fired the motor back up and it ran flawlessly the rest of the evening. Well, that was last week. Last night, I am out in the middle of Cass, and it happened again!! I only had about 2-3 hours on the new plugs. I didn't have spare plugs with this time so I kept the motor running on 2 cylinders but held it at WOT in neutral. After about 30-45 seconds, the 3rd cylinder began firing so I threw it in gear and hauled a$$ for the landing. The motor ran great all the way back (2 miles). I have also noted that since I got the engine (about a month ago), everytime I open the throttle to launch, the thing will cough at around 3500 RPM. When I say cough, it feels like 1 hard misfire and then acceleration resumes. Now for my questions:
I cannot believe that the plugs are to blame. I think it is coincidence that the plug change at the first occurrance temporarily fixed the problem. With that said, does anyone know of any "known issues" with these Yamaha's? WHile the motor was running on 2 cylinders I wanted to pull the plug wires one at a time to see which cylinder it was but I didn't have any insulated pliers in the boat and didn't feel like getting buzzed so I didn't pull anything. Could it be a coil going bad? I had always thought that once a coil goes bad, it is just dead, not intermittently bad. But I am no expert in this area.
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Hi all. I have a 1993 Yamaha Pro-60 thats acting up. The other day, right after leaving the dock, I opened the throttle and just before the boat reached plane, I lost a cylinder. The motor kept running but only on 2 cylinders. I threw it into neutral and kept the throttle at approx. 50% just to keep it running. After about 30 seconds, the 3rd cylinder started to fire again and the engine ran/idled fine. Again, I opened the throttle and just as before, right before plane, the cylinder (not sure which one) died again. I then shut the motor off and changed the plugs (glad I remembered to buy some!). I fired the motor back up and it ran flawlessly the rest of the evening. Well, that was last week. Last night, I am out in the middle of Cass, and it happened again!! I only had about 2-3 hours on the new plugs. I didn't have spare plugs with this time so I kept the motor running on 2 cylinders but held it at WOT in neutral. After about 30-45 seconds, the 3rd cylinder began firing so I threw it in gear and hauled a$$ for the landing. The motor ran great all the way back (2 miles). I have also noted that since I got the engine (about a month ago), everytime I open the throttle to launch, the thing will cough at around 3500 RPM. When I say cough, it feels like 1 hard misfire and then acceleration resumes. Now for my questions:
I cannot believe that the plugs are to blame. I think it is coincidence that the plug change at the first occurrance temporarily fixed the problem. With that said, does anyone know of any "known issues" with these Yamaha's? WHile the motor was running on 2 cylinders I wanted to pull the plug wires one at a time to see which cylinder it was but I didn't have any insulated pliers in the boat and didn't feel like getting buzzed so I didn't pull anything. Could it be a coil going bad? I had always thought that once a coil goes bad, it is just dead, not intermittently bad. But I am no expert in this area.
I appreciate any/all info!!
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