Hello I have a few problems that have started recently on my outboard 135hp mercury mariner 1997
The boat has been a tank for the last 5 years but this year I noticed it shut down randomly. Then I tried cranking it right after and starter did not crank. I started trolling back in. As I was trolling back I tried cranking it again and it started right up. No proble the entire day I drove it all around.
Well few days later I notice the alarm beeping constantly on and off which indicate temperature or oil.
today I tried to diagnose the issue and found the oil gear strippe. The plastic gear inside the motor
I bypassed the gear and am fine with predicting oil but now my issue is the alarm still goes off because the oil pump has a pickup
my ignition is kind of finicky so this issue might have been happening for quite some time. Maybe a few trips I've had this year. I have to wiggle the key to get the alarms to work
But I always noticed the motor smoking blue and oil going lower from the tank so I didnt think anything of it and the thermostats always turn on at 140-150 degrees
I did a compression and got 120 across all 6 cylinders.
Now I'm wondering if there is a way to bypass the the oil pickup because it senses the gear turning or should I just remove the entire alarm box
The boat has been a tank for the last 5 years but this year I noticed it shut down randomly. Then I tried cranking it right after and starter did not crank. I started trolling back in. As I was trolling back I tried cranking it again and it started right up. No proble the entire day I drove it all around.
Well few days later I notice the alarm beeping constantly on and off which indicate temperature or oil.
today I tried to diagnose the issue and found the oil gear strippe. The plastic gear inside the motor
I bypassed the gear and am fine with predicting oil but now my issue is the alarm still goes off because the oil pump has a pickup
my ignition is kind of finicky so this issue might have been happening for quite some time. Maybe a few trips I've had this year. I have to wiggle the key to get the alarms to work
But I always noticed the motor smoking blue and oil going lower from the tank so I didnt think anything of it and the thermostats always turn on at 140-150 degrees
I did a compression and got 120 across all 6 cylinders.
Now I'm wondering if there is a way to bypass the the oil pickup because it senses the gear turning or should I just remove the entire alarm box