2004 Evinrude 225 HO DI Questions!!!!!

I am completely satisfied with my motor just wanted to know if when I first start the motor in the morning when i shift from neutral to forward then idle toward the dock to tie up and i shift back to neutral my motor seems to die when shifting it out of forward. Just curious if anyone with a HO DI motor has this problem it doesnt do it later on after I have ran the boat for a while just seems to do it when i first put in the water. I dont think it should do this since this is not a carb motor. Please Help?

It usually means you need to de-carb, clean the exhaust pressure sensor then change and index the plugs.


Modified by Danrude at 12:49 PM 9/21/2010

Have that motor and have on occasion experienced that - ditto to what Danrude said, plus grease the shift interrupt switch in case it's sticking.

I have cleaned and de carbed the exhaust sensor and just put new plugs in and indexed them It is just kind of anoying

It is annoying - try lubing the switch.

I am not clear based on your reply. Have you de-carbed the motor? Also have you switched to the optional plugs and changed the T-stats to the E-Tec type, if not you may want to consider doing so.

yes i did de-carb but have not checked the grease on shift interupt switch and no I havent changed it to the e tec type how much would that run to change it over

T-Stats are $24.00 each and the price of the plugs which you can purchase for approximately $7.00 each. I would do it the next time you need to change plugs.

okay thanks for the advice i sure will do that the next time thanks man

My 03 DI when it would do that, new plugs indexed and gapped to .028 would always quit doing it. 'Course I had a great tech that rigged and installed the engine.....I think that means a lot with these engines.

Thanks for the tip i really appreciate the advice i get from all of you guys here at BBC