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    good motor/ design

    question: i have a 1986 rebuilt 110 omc motor. the question i ask is how long is this motor good for ? good design? i use merc premium plus oil, i have it on a 19 ft anglar boat center console rmp @ wot app 5800 rpm light load, love the boat although tend to give a wet ride! thanks for replys...
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    old compaq presario

    question would anyone know why my monitor goes out when on the computer, it can be a short while after going online the screen goes black, after shut down screen comes back on but i canot close down computer properly. need new monitor? had the hard drive cleared out a few weeks ago the computer...
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    water leak from head

    hello, have a 1986 110 omc, striped spark plug treads lower plug hole, pulled head brought down to mechanic he put in heilcoil for me, cleaned surface of head and block put back and got engine runningm torqued head to 215 inch pounds as per mechanic. started engine had slight leak from lower...
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    start problem

    hello, i have a 1986 110 hp omc, problem : turn key to start nothing sometimes faint click, push in for choke nothing, jumped out starter soilnoid with key on motor starts, bad ignition switch? or bad solinoid for starter? thanks for any help!
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    water pump leak

    hello i posed earlier a problem bout my 1986 110 water leak its coming from side housing of the two relief holes, question: what cause this it just started to do it today, pump was replaced at beginning of year, no overheating can i run it this way in salt water till end of season w/o any harm...
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    water leak

    hello i have an 1986 110 johnson, put water pump impellar in motor at start of season, just today motor started to leak water around upper collar, is there a gasket to replace? can i wait till end of season to pull lower unit off for inspectionw/o damage? motor is running at normal temp, also...
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    gas grade

    helllo, i have an 1986 omc crossflow 110 hp, mechanic said to use 89 octane, would it be ok to use 87 octane useing mercury premium plus oil, just do not want to ruin engine on 87, is there really a diffrence on this size outbord for the octane rating, i mean any benefit to using 89 octane...
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    salt away

    hello, i have heard of a product called salt away, being my motor is used in saltwater, how do i get this stuff and how is it used on an omc 110 crossflow engine? thanks again
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    fuel starve

    hello, i am having a problem with start up, johnson 110 vro disconnent, motor rebuilt 2 yrs ago. first start-up motor runs for a while then dies out. replaced water seperater motor then ran fine all day, next day same thing motor starts then dies out prime bulb its soft motor runs smooth. i...
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    temp hot

    today while out on water notice motor was running at about 160 or so temp,at slow troll, at highre speeds motor temp would drop some(110 omc crossflow) put new impellar in motor this year, changed therostats 2 seasons ago w/ omc ones, just wandering if this is ok, also alarm not goinig off, but...
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    ngk plugs

    Hello, i have a 1986 110 jonnyrude, when i had the head gaskets done, he put ngks in the motor, why is it that you must use champions in this motor? will any damage result in using the ngks? i will put champion in the motor soon, any insight to this would be helpful, also i want to add i think...
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    question joe reeves

    Joe I have a rebuilt omc 110 hp, normally use mercury oil, last year bought a gallon of walmart 2 cycle oil, question ok to use the gallon of walmart oil without harm to motor, was going to go back to the mercury preminm plus oil after walmart oil is used up or just discard the wlamrt oil, i do...
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    paint lower unit

    Hello, I have a question, painted my lower unit on my motor with regular paint, is it ok to top coat the regular paint w/ antifouling on the lower part of the engine. the anitfouling paint is being applied over the regular paint that was just painted. any thoughts? thanks
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    ngk spark plugs

    Have one more question, had head gasket replaced, mechanic said to do it every 2 yrs or so. anyhow got motor back with spark plugs ngk b9hs10, is this plug ok to use? motor was rebuilt and had these plugs in it. motor runs good! thanks again for replys.
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    year of motor

    Hello, i was wandering what year my motor is the numbers of the block as as follows: 110TLCDC below that number: X309042 could someone give me the year of this engine it was sold to me as an 1986 110 evinrude i know evinrude/ johnson same motors omc, thanks for any info guys :)
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    omc v4 110

    Hello, i juat had the heads pulled on my 110 johnson, the motor was rebulit by him 3 yrs ago. i ahve been using mercury premium plus oil in this engine, he told me that the cylinders wall looked perfect! i brought a gallon of wallmart 2 cycle oil,i was wandering if its ok to uase the gallon...
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    oil weight

    i have a question have a jeep 4.0, currently using 10w-30 oil, wanted to use 10-40 oil for warmer weather, how would this affect gas mileage also heard that its not advisable to use heavier oil due to sluge bulid-up, 1994 jeep got it w/ 110k miles now has 128k miles change oil no later than...
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    jeep rebuilt transmission

    hello, question i have a 1994 grand cherokee jeep had trans mission rebuilt last fall (automatic) the overdrive lite would kick in an the tranmission pop out of over drive, took it back to the transmission guy who rebuilt it, he disconnected transmission oil cooler line to radiator and hooked up...
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    heads

    Can you tell what deflectors are, i have heard about them before but do not understand what they are and do, once again thanks for the replys. :rolleyes:
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    heads

    Hello, i have a 1986 110 omc rebuilt 3 yrs ago used in salt water docked, is it necessary to have the heads pulled to be cleaned, thats what the mech recommended, what do you guys think. thanks for your replys, and i want to say that this board is very helpful,
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