I finally fgured out what is wrong with my powerhead. The exhaust baffle is bad with a crack and big hole. It is part number 314849, it seems impossible to find one but I am able to locate some from newer years. They look the same but with a different part number. My outboard is a 69 evinrude...
I just bought a 69 Evinrude 85hp that is getting water in the left upper cylinder. It ran funny was having problems accelerating and the spark plug was clean as a whistle. I changed head gasket, did a final torque of 20 ft. lbs. I ran it and then retorqued, took it out saturday and it runs great...
