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I have a 2000 Chapparal with a mercruiser 5.0 liter with EFI. This is my first boat with an inboard motor and we just got it this year so I am just learning. It starts and runs great then craps out and wont start. Like last Sun. it started fine and we tubed for about 1 and 1/2 hrs. Then stopped...
I was fishing in some shallow water and my prop clipped a rock. I continued for a short distance and shut her down. we continued fishing: drifting in to shore and motoring back out a short way. This happened several times. About the third time, I noticed the motor running funny, it was in...
Ive got an 82 Johnson V4 that will crank and wants to go but doesnt seem to be gettting fuel or spark. I put in new plugs-didnt help. Pulled the carb off and cleaned it- didnt help. Was getting ready to try new gas and oil then found that one cylinder is getting no spark. I wouldnt think this...
This seems like a very simple question but after all I am a newbie to motor repair. I am replacing a head gasket on my 82 Johnson 90hp v4 and im not sure on the way it should be facing. It is a Sierra gasket and has a label for "top" and an arrow pointing towards exhaust cover. If I install it...
Well I just put a new water pump on my Johnson V4. When starting it on the muffs I notices good flow out of the tell tale hole but also water leaking out of the seam between the lower unit and the upper housing. I think this is probably Ok but it is also spitting water out of the 2 exhaust holes...
I am trying to change the water pump on a 90 hp Johnson. Its an 1982 J90TLCNB. I disconnected the shift rod. removed the 4 bolts on the sides of lower housing. Removed the large one in the middle. Removed the hidden one under the trim tab. Lower unit will still not drop. What am I missing...
My 1982 90 hp Johnson v4 was running like crap this weekend so..... upon closer inspection I found I had a water spurting out of the exhaust manifold gasket. I decided to tear into it myself and after removing the exhaust cover found small bits of rubber in there. Would these have come from the...
