2000 ficht

Ok a weird thing happend yesterday and I have know idea what to make of it.

After researching the price of a new ECU ($1800) from Evinrude I decided to once again pull off the ECU myself and send it to DFI. Went to the boat with a friend who suggested that we try something first before taking off the part. He said lets spray "tri-flow" a lub/water displacement type product on the connections and pull apart any electric fitting, spray inside then push them back together.

I said sure why not thinking this is a comlete waste of time and you guessed it the motor started right up. We raced it around, turned it off and started it again several times and now it seems fine.

This thing was dead the other day, no spark, period after several minutes of turning it over. Like a dope I actually put my finger in a spark plug wire to comfirm this so there was no spark that day. Any ideas on if I can trust this motor? I know ECU do NOT fix themselves so what happend? Could it have been mosture or a connection on some fitting? Anyone have this happen?

In any event I'll try and start it again today and if it works I will just except it as a mirical!

But does the EMM control the engaging of the starter.

I have a 2000 225 Ficht that does the same thing. It turns over fine but does not fire at times. You may go 10 trips before it does it again, wait 5 minutes after it acts up again and it fires right up http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/crying.gif . It is aggrivating, I wished it would go out totally so it can be found, but everyone points to the EMM. It is intermittent and a pain to solve.

Yes, it provides the ground circuit for the starter delay relay.

i have had two of the starter delay relays go out on mine,and now carry a spare,acts as if the battery low and to boost one has no effect.Still will barely crank.