txneal
Well-known member
I haven't posted on here in a long time. It's getting to that time of year when my focus starts shifting from hunting and guns back to fishing and boats. I seem to go through this same cycle every year. Anyway, I'm focused on the boat again and am starting to look things over to get ready to go back out on the water...
I have a 1973 25hp Evinrude and have noticed that the foam insulation inside of the cowling seems to be sort of flaking off as little tiny pieces of "foam dust" seem to be settling on my engine. I'm concerned that this stuff is going to get inside of my carburetor, so I need to do something about it. I'm thinking of simply scraping it all out and just using the cowling without the insulation, but I'm not sure how good of an idea that is. I'm assuming that the insulation is in there to reduce noise. Is that correct? Is there any purpose for it other than noise reduction? If I were to scrape it all out, is there something else I could replace it with that would serve the same purpose?
Any suggestions from you guys would be much appreciated!
I have a 1973 25hp Evinrude and have noticed that the foam insulation inside of the cowling seems to be sort of flaking off as little tiny pieces of "foam dust" seem to be settling on my engine. I'm concerned that this stuff is going to get inside of my carburetor, so I need to do something about it. I'm thinking of simply scraping it all out and just using the cowling without the insulation, but I'm not sure how good of an idea that is. I'm assuming that the insulation is in there to reduce noise. Is that correct? Is there any purpose for it other than noise reduction? If I were to scrape it all out, is there something else I could replace it with that would serve the same purpose?
Any suggestions from you guys would be much appreciated!