Complete Guide to Outboard Engines

by Fleming, John

• ISBN13: 9781892216311
• ISBN10: 1892216310
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Bristol Fashion Pub Co

Summary

After many years in the boating industry and writing countless articles for your favorite boating magazines, John Fleming has put his wealth of knowledge into his new book, The Complete Guide To Outboard Engines.

This book starts with the difference in design and power between the two-cycle outboard and its new brother, the four-cycle outboard.

As with John's, Complete Guide To Gasoline Marine Engines, these pages take the reader deep inside the engine by discussing the design, function and results of the entire engine system and drive unit. The book's design allows the reader to start with the basics and progress through each skill level until a thorough understanding of engines is achieved.

This book also delves deeply into the technical aspects of outboard engines, but the information remains extremely easy to understand and follow throughout each step.

You will not find another book that will explain outboard engines as completely or easily as this book.

One fact remains; when you have read, The Complete Guide To Outboard Engines, you will be the

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(8)
Two-Stroke/Four-Stroke Comparison	17	(6)
What Does the Engine Do?	23	(6)
Cylinder Block & Cylinder Head	29	(6)
Rotating Assembly	35	(4)
Reciprocating Assembly	39	(6)
How to Balance the Engine	45	(6)
Ignition Systems	51	(8)
The Carburetor	59	(6)
Fuel Injection	65	(8)
Two-Stroke Valves	73	(8)
Lubricating Systems	81	(6)
Exhaust System	87	(6)
How the Engine Runs	93	(8)
Flame Propagation	101	(8)
Mechanics of Two-Stroke Engines	109	(8)
Engine Design	117	(6)
Pan, Cowl & Drive Shaft Housing	123	(8)
The Gear Case	131	(8)
Propellers	139	(8)
Setup the Engine	147	(8)
A Measure of Efficiency & Performance	155	(10)
Troubleshooting	165	(6)
A Bit of History	171	(16)
About the Author	187