Changed lower unit gear oil yesterday. Haven't started motor yet. Don't see no gear oil leaking out. Do you think it would be okay to start up with the muffs on? Thanks
Ok; changed batteries and motor ran fine.. got that fixed now I have a new problem. When I went out to take motor out of barrell I noticed some oil on top of water. I took the motor out of the barrell and oil came out of the propeller where it mount to lower unit. The oil was black. It didn't...
Checked voltage at starter as you suggested, only showing 9.5 volts and dropping when attempting to start. Put charger on battery for 30 minutes, motor turned right over. I'm pretty sure battery is not holding charge. Checked voltage in each cell with multimeter, most cells were around 1.8...
As far as i know. I haven't checked it but I will. I've ran it on the lake for a short distance and it ran good. I haven't seen it leaking any oil from lower unit.
I checked the cable. They both looked okay. I put battery charger on for a few minutes and it tried to crank. I let it charg overnite. It started up and I ran it in barrell for about 15 minutes. I cut it off and tried to restart it after about 30 minutes and it dragged trying to start again...
I have a 1986 mercury xr2 150hp. Engine turns over for about 2or3 seconds fine, then drags like the battery is dead. Cable are both tight. Battery is reading 12.5 volt on multimeter. Motor has brand new solenoid. I don't think the starter is bad. Any help is appreciated.
