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    bravo 1 steering leak!

    I have a bravo 1 sterndrive. I have been seeing water where the steering mechanism goes through the transom above the drive shaft. It would drip down into the bilge slowly and i was told that it was probably the seal for the steering and it was not worth pulling it until end of year when I...
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    milky oil 454 mercruiser

    I have a 1987 wellcraft antigua with a 454 7.4L mercruiser. Raw water cooled. My oil was fine all summer and about 2 months ago I towed a capsized boat to shore this was really hard and my boat was quite weighted in the stern. I checked my oil the next day and it was milky. took 3 changes to get...
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    454 Mercruiser intermitent power lose

    I have 1987 welcraft with a 454 Merc 7.4L with Bravo 1 drive. while out this weekend the boat would to lose power for a second while i was motoring below 2000 RPM. It would only drop 200-400 RPM for a second then recover, I could feel the power just decrease then come back. This was pretty...
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    7.4L merc - low oil -power loss - backfire??

    I have a 1988 7.4L 454 Mercruiser engine. Rochester Quadra-jet carb. New fuel filters I was out boating today and the boat was working fine after about 2 hours on the water I was going at idle speed and the motor died on me. It instantly started back up easily. But as I went to take off I...
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