LuckyPenny
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Feb 21, 2003
- Messages
- 256
Over the past year or so, many of you have offered advice in attempts to solve a varity of problems I have had with my Mercruiser. Well, over the past week or so, I have discovered the root cause of most, and they were the result of either a brain dead mech or a shade tree mech. <br /> <br />I was having problems with ing, burning exhaust boots, fouling plugs etc.<br /><br />I had the opportunity to pull the boat, remove the hatch covers and started to dig in.<br /><br />The canon plug was twisted and shorted. The exhaust well only had half of the water it needed. Who ever installed them used a solid gasket on the foward inlet effectively blocking it off. I do not know how I did not burn it up. The dip stick tube was not secured in place (oil in the bilge) and I was burning points, and coils like crazy. someone wired the ing directly to the alt output.<br /><br />Now everythings is as it should be and she runs great. Manifolds are cool, plugs not fouling and no more burnt points, and no oil in the bilge.
