I have a 87 OMC 2.3L with a Cobra outdrive. When I first put into the water, she runs great. After 10 min or so of running when I idle down to a stop it runs rough and stalls. It will start up but idle rough and stall. Placing in forward yields the same result, it continues to run rough and it...
My 87 Bayliner with a 2.3L Ford and OMC outdrive ran fine the first 20 minutes out on my first run this season. When I slowed to idle to go through a lock, the engine reduced RPM and stalled while still in gear. I restarted the engine easily and shifted to forward. The engine would again stall...
I am replacing the Bellows on my 87 OMC Cobra outdrive and the exhaust bellows my local dealer gave me does not match the one I took off. One section running the length of the bellows is cut such that on the high ribs they are "Ground" down to create holes into the bellows. My question: Is this...
I have a 87 Bayliner Capri 2.3L OMC that runs well until I get above 3500rpm. If I do short runs (less than a minute or two) at 4000 or 4500 the engine appears to run fine. Longer than that it will get to 4000 or 4500 and then drop a few hundred rpm's and then rise and then fall again. It feels...
I have a 87 2.3L Ford that keeps shearing the pin for the gear on the distributer. I have replaced the entire distributer assembly and there is no wear on the gear. The latest shearing occurred within 2 hours of running after the distributer was replaced. There is about 400 hours on the engine...
