Thank you for all the valuable information that you all have taken the time to share to me. I want to learn further into taking apart my engine even further. As it stands I’ve taken off the exhaust cover, the bypass cover. I believe with enough time and tinkering I could put it back together as...
https://forums.iboats.com/threads/low-compression-1986-mercury-classic-50.775479/#post-5951933
This is the original post and I’m making a sequel to that. In that post I basically discover that my top cylinder is giving me a compression of 30 to 40. When hot 100 I suspected there was something...
Today I’ve spent my time removing my power head and water jacket and these images show my base gasket and my cover gasket next weekend is when I take apart the power head to investigate. Considering this is my first time some advice on what to check and what I should clean out or maintenance...
I appreciate the time you took to write your suggestion. I’d like to ask another question that may be dumb. When I’m on the lake and and I WOT for about 5 minutes get to my fishing spot and troll for about 15 - 20 minutes and goto start the main motor it takes much longer to crank and get...
I’m having low compression on cylinder #1 at 95 PSI when warm and 50 when cold. Cylinder #2 is at 125 Cylinder #3 is at 125 and Cylinder #4 is 115
Here’s a video of the engine running. I have an understanding that an engine with low compression tends to misfire and not start and if it does...
