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Hi All,
Going boating tomorrow and hoping I can get an option on this strange sound when starting my Mercruiser 3.0. Video attached.
At first I thought it might be a wearing belt slipping under the load of the alternator on start - yet it seems to be coming from the back m/side of the...
Have a Mercruiser 3.0 around a 2004 model and there is alot of rust appearing on the Block.
Looks to be worse around the head gasket and may be the source ?
With good compression, could this be a built of salt water over time that has done this or could a leak in the head gasket trickly salt...
