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I am thinking of buying a rib with a mercury optimax 200 year 2002 with 250hrs. It works perfectly fine however i have been reading a lot of posts on the internet from frustated mercury optimax owner's especially between 1999 and 2002 claiming all kind of problems.
Should i stay away from it...
Hi guys,
First off thanks for all the useful info you post on these forums. Very helpful and interesting.
I am about to buy the above motor second hand and was thinkin if there are any issues on these motors. I am planning to perform a compression test before i purchase it and give it a go in...
Hi guys,
My 5.7L V8 carbureted engine (small block) overheats at 4K rpm. I cant rely on the temp gauge as it goes crazy sometimes so i decided to monitor the engine with the laser temp reader. When the alarm goes off temperature reading at the thermostat is at 140-150 (my thermo is set at 140)...
hi guys..i need to perform a compression test on my 5.7ltr V8 small block engine (carbureted 1998-2001) and would like to do it myself to save some money..i know that i have to remove all spark plug wires and spark plugs..attach a compression test to each cyclinder..crank engine 5 times and...
i am faced with an erratic temp gauge...
while cruising temp needle starts flickering from 0 to 175..it could stay stable for 5 mins on 175F and suddenly it freaks out on me..
i have good voltage to the gauge and performed a test on the gauge and it worked fine (jump wire between ground and...
I'll try and make this one as short as possible. I changed the engine of my maxum 2400SCR last month with a 5.7ltr V8 2BBL (yr 2000) raw water cooled..alpha 1 gen 2 leg..These are the symptoms with 2 adults onboard and full tank of gas and water..
Starts great
Idles to 160F - stat rated @ 160F...
the following alarm numbers appear in the smartcraft system display SC5000:
Alarm 110 and Alarm 148
The motor works fine but can anyone explain to me what these alarms are coz i cant find them on the user manual.
1 . well i bought this motor a year ago. and i must say its d bomb..the only thing that bothers me is that sometimes the 3 lights on the tacho start to blink and this is done on and off before i start d motor. sometimes it does it sometimes it does not. the motor works fine. no probs what so...
my 1 yr old motor have worked perfectly up to a couple of days ago. first sign of prob occured when i was returning back home and all of a sudden the engine dropped revs. i stopped, topped up the oil coz it was giving me a signal, started and go with no probs. Then the day after i went out...
