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Well being the boating newbie, I tried to do the JB Weld trick on an old block for a 4.3L 262 ci '88 mercruiser sterndrive. She ran for about 15 min. and things seemed fine on the muffs until an awful tasting milkshake started pouring out of the carb.
Anyhow, like I said a newbie, and how...
I got my hands on a 186 rinker '88, with a mercruiser 4.3L 262cid i/o. The engine was not winterized properly. I started it up and ran fine although water was pouring out everywhere. I had already changed the oil which had appeared to be a little watery. While changing the manifolds(large...
