Hi all
I found you guys trying aimlessly to google why my trim is playing up on my 175hp Suzuki outboard and thought I would try my luck.
After sitting in the shed for a couple of weeks with power isolator so turned off I went to take the boat out and the trim switched both on the outboard and on the throttle stick would not lift the motor ... I persisted and they would both trim the motor down but not up. After pressing the switch maybe 20 times or so eventually it kicked in and all worked fine like nothing had happened. When I put the boat away I thought I would test it a couple of days later and he same thing happened...once working I tried to isolate the power and then turn it back on and it didn't seem to matter it still worked good as new...it seemed it just doesn't like sitting around too much. I called my mechanic and he suggested that the trim relay was likely on the way out so I got him to grab me one and installed it. Seemed better but hard to tell and after letting it sit for a few days the problem has returned. Does anyone have any advice as to what might be the cause and how I can fix it?
Thanks in advance
Matt
I found you guys trying aimlessly to google why my trim is playing up on my 175hp Suzuki outboard and thought I would try my luck.
After sitting in the shed for a couple of weeks with power isolator so turned off I went to take the boat out and the trim switched both on the outboard and on the throttle stick would not lift the motor ... I persisted and they would both trim the motor down but not up. After pressing the switch maybe 20 times or so eventually it kicked in and all worked fine like nothing had happened. When I put the boat away I thought I would test it a couple of days later and he same thing happened...once working I tried to isolate the power and then turn it back on and it didn't seem to matter it still worked good as new...it seemed it just doesn't like sitting around too much. I called my mechanic and he suggested that the trim relay was likely on the way out so I got him to grab me one and installed it. Seemed better but hard to tell and after letting it sit for a few days the problem has returned. Does anyone have any advice as to what might be the cause and how I can fix it?
Thanks in advance
Matt
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