maineiac5586
Senior Chief Petty Officer
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- Feb 14, 2009
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I acquired a 2003 90 hp 3 cylinder with oil injection. Top 2 cylinders 120 psi bottom 50 psi. Bottom carb overflows when running engine I assume because not enough compression to pull in the mixture or the float is stuck. Not sure what the condition was when the bottom cylinder went bad. Hoping it was a head gasket I pulled the head and found the scuffs in the cyinder wall. The scuffs on the lower side of the cylinder I can't feel with my finger but the ones on the top of that bore I can. Also the combustion area of the head was clean compared to the 2 good cylinders. I don't see any breaks in the gasket. Not sure what caused this? Can those scuffs in the bottom bore be enough to cause such a drop in compression? Where to go from here? Thanks