i have a 1969 mercury 50 hp that works great except for the water coming out of the tell tale is very hot (i cant hold my hand under it). there hardly is any water coming out of the two exhaust ports behind the engine. i took apart the water jacket on the block and cleaned everything out but...
i have a 1969 50 hp mercury inline 4 that will start right up and then run wide open for about 10 minutes and then lose about 1000 rpms. when this happens i will reduce throttle back to an idle for about 15 seconds and then it will work at full rpms again. it will run again like it should for...