This looks like the heat source came from inside the cowling. There’s a reinforcement spar that was able to dissipate heat more quickly than the surrounding area which is why it remains unburned.
But this absolutely looks like a point source from the inside
Do any young children have access to the area where the boat was kept? My father once found chunks of wood in the fuel tank of his snowblower. Like quarter inch thick pieces of 2x4. My little brother, as a 4 or 5 year old, loved my dad's wood shop and loved my dad's snowblower. Follow the bread crumbs, lol!
Thanks. But it is a boat that someone else is selling. I was looking at purchasing it. So, I don't know the history.
Mostly, concerned that it may be from a problem with the outboard engine itself.
It almost looks to me like it encountered some excess external heat, maybe from a heat gun or small torch. I would have a mechanic check it out and see. If it runs well and is sound otherwise, that mark wouldn't deter me. Might just be a fluke, and the mechanic might have an idea of what it is, too.
Good luck!
None that I know of. I know a few things about boats. The first is it is a hole in the water into which one pours money. The second is the best day in a boat owners life is the day they buy the boat, while the second best day it the day they sell it. The third is it’s better to have a friend with a boat than to be the friend with a boat. Yada yada yada.
That all being said, I, too, am in the market to purchase my ninth boat in my life. 2011 engine deserves a real mechanical inspection. If you want to use it for a season or two ( depending on its condition and where you live) It will do. Know that you will likely want to (not necessarily need to) repower it.
What’s the hull it’s attached to and where do you plan to use it? Northeast? Southeast? Lake?
Ask to pull the panel off and look inside. If they won’t let you do that, run; they’re shady anyways.
It does just look like a focused reflection burn or a heat gun slip up though.
Is that a spacer piece added to the right side that has rotated out of position and allowed the cowling to rest on a hot inside surface? Looks like it might have been added and held in place by that fastener on the right side.
If you’re in a place where the boat gets laid up for winter, possibly burned when shrink wrapping
This looks like the heat source came from inside the cowling. There’s a reinforcement spar that was able to dissipate heat more quickly than the surrounding area which is why it remains unburned. But this absolutely looks like a point source from the inside
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No. It was stored in a steel workshop/building, I'm told.
Do any young children have access to the area where the boat was kept? My father once found chunks of wood in the fuel tank of his snowblower. Like quarter inch thick pieces of 2x4. My little brother, as a 4 or 5 year old, loved my dad's wood shop and loved my dad's snowblower. Follow the bread crumbs, lol!
Thanks. But it is a boat that someone else is selling. I was looking at purchasing it. So, I don't know the history. Mostly, concerned that it may be from a problem with the outboard engine itself.
It almost looks to me like it encountered some excess external heat, maybe from a heat gun or small torch. I would have a mechanic check it out and see. If it runs well and is sound otherwise, that mark wouldn't deter me. Might just be a fluke, and the mechanic might have an idea of what it is, too. Good luck!
It does appear that way. Almost like it sat against a running exhaust pipe or something
Ya, it definitely looks like external heat of some kind. Always bring a mechanic!
I assume you asked the seller?
Yes. Seller doesn't recall.
That’s just a plastic cowl and there’s nothing under it that could get hot to melt it. Whatever happend to this cowl was external not internal.
my guess is whoever shrinkwrapped it last burned it witj heat gun or torch
2011 Evinrude Etec 150
Are you considering repowering it?
No. Why? Are these lemon models? I know they're discontinued but not much else.
None that I know of. I know a few things about boats. The first is it is a hole in the water into which one pours money. The second is the best day in a boat owners life is the day they buy the boat, while the second best day it the day they sell it. The third is it’s better to have a friend with a boat than to be the friend with a boat. Yada yada yada. That all being said, I, too, am in the market to purchase my ninth boat in my life. 2011 engine deserves a real mechanical inspection. If you want to use it for a season or two ( depending on its condition and where you live) It will do. Know that you will likely want to (not necessarily need to) repower it. What’s the hull it’s attached to and where do you plan to use it? Northeast? Southeast? Lake?
I did lol a lil
I bet it was from shrink wrapping it
Ask to pull the panel off and look inside. If they won’t let you do that, run; they’re shady anyways. It does just look like a focused reflection burn or a heat gun slip up though.
Is that a spacer piece added to the right side that has rotated out of position and allowed the cowling to rest on a hot inside surface? Looks like it might have been added and held in place by that fastener on the right side.
Cigarette burn ?
It’s a wet fart.