I just bought this boat (9/2/22). I also have a nitro with an optimax on it) The owner of the Ranger said it has sat for around 3 yrs. The diagnoistic sheet said the motor only had 168 hrs on it. He had non-ethanol gas in it. I brought it home it fired up fine. I took it out Friday (9/16/22) ran it for about 2 hrs no problems. I take it out the next day (Saturday). I was running and gunning from spot to spot from 6am to abround 11:30 (thats when the problem started). It seemed to be dragging and not jumping up on plane the entire day. max speed was 50 mph. After jumping round all morning at 11:30 I go to start the engine and it would not start it spins with no problem. I checked my battery connections and they were fine. The battery finally ran out of juice. I brought a back up battery connected (hand tight connections) to it and the same thing spinning but not starting. After trolling back for about and hour I go back and check battery connections and decided to tighten them with a wrench. The motor started and we take off. About 10 min I back out of the throttle and idle. It seemed to be ideling roughly then it shut off. It has not started since. It still cranks but will not start. I can hear my fuel pump kick on when I unplug and plug the relays back in. The primer bulb is tight. I have also had the motor turn over when connecting my battery connections.
1). I pulled a couple spark plugs out and checked them and they are clean. However when cranking the engine there was no spark present.
2) With my optimax if the battery does not put out enough amps the opti will not start is this the same with the ficht?
3) I see people on here saying check the solder joints on the PDP. What and where is the PDP?
4) I also see them talking about an EMM. What and where is that?
We do not have an Evinrude mechanic in my town (Sumter, SC) the closest one is Marshall Marine and I have not had success with them working on my motor.
Thanks in Advance for your help.
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