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    Honda BF75 "Making Oil" – Need Help with Thermostat in Cold Climate

    Yes, looking forward to changing the thermostat as based on everyone's help here, it certainly seems like it's not operating properly. And, I always thought 120 seemed too cold, but didn't know for sure. Ordered parts, should be here in a week. Regarding lengths of runs, there isn't a...
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    Honda BF75 "Making Oil" – Need Help with Thermostat in Cold Climate

    Thanks for thoughtful responses! I really appreciate the in-depth advice and information. You guys made me consider something that might be relevant — I have my outboard connected to my sonar/mapping units via a NEMA 2000 network, which includes temperature readings. Here's what I observe...
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    Honda BF75 "Making Oil" – Need Help with Thermostat in Cold Climate

    Hey everyone, I own a 2019 Honda BF75 outboard and I'm having the all too common problem of it "making oil." I live in Minnesota, and I suspect the problem is that the engine isn't reaching and maintaining a high enough operating temperature due to our colder water. Here's my understanding of...
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    Honda BF50 bogs down, expert mechanic perplexed. What say you masters of mechanics?

    Thanks everyone! I gave the mechanic these links. We'll see how it goes. Really appreciate your help!
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    Honda BF50 bogs down, expert mechanic perplexed. What say you masters of mechanics?

    Greetings, I have a Honda BF50 that I purchased mid last season from a dealership. It is missing it’s serial number plate, but the dealership thought it was a 2000 year model. When it was fired up at the dealership, it ran nicely. Compression test was perfect. However, once I got it on the...
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    2001 Honda BF50 rev-limiter question

    Greetings, I just purchased a 2001 Honda BF50, and I’m trying to determine whether I should buy and install a tachometer for it. It was previously on an 18 foot boat and I’m putting it on my 16 foot boat that I allow my kids to use. If it was my primary boat I would spend the money and time to...
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    93 Mercury classic 40HP ran perfect and now dies intermittently

    So, all those numbers are indicative of oil not flowing or just the zero? Sorry, I know not much from a mechanical perspective about internal combustion engines. What kinds of wallet drain would it cost to pay someone to rebuild? Just a range would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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    93 Mercury classic 40HP ran perfect and now dies intermittently

    Thanks for the reply. So, bad news on the compression test. From top to bottom cylinder, the compression values are 60, 0 (needle does’t move), 75, and 65, respectively. Big bummer, as bought it last week, worked great for one day, and now this. It pees strongly, so not sure what happened. Any...
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    93 Mercury classic 40HP ran perfect and now dies intermittently

    Greetings, A friend of mine and I just bought a used boat, with a 93 Mercury 2 stroke, Classic 40 horse outboard (tiller). The first day of use, the Merc ran very smoothly and quietly, had expected torque on throttling up, and reached 30 mph with two people riding in it. The gas was from the...
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    How to access a leaky rivet blocked by my trailer bunk?

    Greetings, my 16ft Lund Pro Angler has a leaky rivet that happens to be located right where my bunk trailer is supporting the boat. I’d like to drill out the rivet and replace with a larger close-end rivet, but unlike a couple of other rivets I’ve already repaired using this method, I can’t...
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    2016 Honda BF50 Shifting problem

    Greetings, Tried to launch today (river walleye) and my 2016 Honda BF50 (tiller) prop wouldn?t engage (behaved like it was neutral when in forward or reverse). After frustratingly scouring the web and examining the outboard, my buddy and I figured out that the shift rod joint nut had shaken...
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    Smashed into a rock at high speed--now what should I do?

    Sad story?was following my uncle at high speeds on Lake of the Woods, and smashed my 2000 Honda BF50 into a shallow rock. From what I can observe, the motor performs shockingly similarly to as before dramatic collision, other than a) it is much louder; b) exhaust seems to be coming out in an...
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    Evidence of waterlogging foamn

    Greetings, Purpose of my post is twofold. First, I recall seeing a few message recently whereby people were asking if their boat?s foam might be waterlogged, and thus adding major weight to their boat. Well, mine certainly was (see photo), so thought I?d pass along a data point. Second, as...
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    Small dent advice on Lund hull

    Greetings, I have a small dent (please see photo) in my Lund hull. I can easily get to the inside of the dent, and would greatly appreciate advice on the easiest and lowest risk way to fix or improve the appearance of the dent. I have zero metalwork experience or tools (willing to get tools...
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    Unidentified object in Honda BF50 oil. How worried should I be?

    Thanks everyone, for your suggestions and thoughts. Glad to hear that this isn't an obvious symptom of a very bad decision on my part to buy the outboard. Per Steelespike's suggestion, I flattened out and wiped the gunk off the UFO. Please see the attached photo. It does look like it's been...
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