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When I had my water in the oil problem, I figured out a way to run the engine on the water hose briefly to check for combustion gas...

The piston might be aluminum, if so, keep in mind you have dissimilar metals, and brake fluid absorbs water. I would replace it. I use...

Anytime a marine engine gives problems with cranking the two things to check first are battery/terminals & spark plugs for water.

The place where I got mine is Lighthouse Marine in Riverhead Long Island. Probably makes sense to pick the closest place to you due to...

Look down in the bottom of the center exhaust passage, do you see any sign of rust there? Hearing air in the fuel/air passages in the...

Don’t use the bolt on the crank puller either. They can break if there’s too much resistance.

Had air cooled VWs (Bosch distributor) Chevrolets (Delco), Fords (Motorcraft) Honda (Hitachi) and the old boat (Prestolite) never heard...

Why did Merc put loctite on a rotor? Never had problems with rotors getting loose and had several vehicles & now the boat with old style...

Probably it's electronic not a centrifugal advance unit it is a tough problem because the engine picks up RPM at speed fine, it is just...

Water in the oil is just a symptom there are a number of causes in fact Mercruiser published a nice article on how to troubleshoot water...

Same as with boat rebuilds you can build a better one than they will sell you. That’s why I rebuilt my old boat trailer

I can’t see how even a leaky intake gasket would put air into the fuel/air passage in the manifold but I can see how a crack in a cyl...

Just a wild guess here but if pressuring the cooling passages puts air into the actual intake manifold air passages then I’m thinking...

They make it "look" good on the outside but the inside not so much. I also don't like the use of torsion axles on these vs a spring...

Well that's a gamble, I would though. If one falls down the Y pipe you'll wish you did.