Luck was not in my favor today. The head gasket did look terrible. However, the issues go much further than that.
I attached pictures of each cylinder. Of course 1 and 2 look fine, but cyl 3 is rough. Theres is significantly more play in piston 3 and it looks like somebody threw ball bearings...
Thanks for the replies! I only had two screws in the air box for testing purposes. Unfortunately, the serial is no where to be found on the motor. It appears the tag was taken off when somebody repainted it.
Not sure why I overlooked the simplest troubleshooting step and forgot to do a...
Hey all,
I recently acquired a boat with (allegedly) a 90hp Mercury Force. I cleaned the carbs thoroughly and got it running, had to adjust the throttle cam to get it idling.
It will rev up just fine but sneeze a puff of smoke from beneath the flywheel which is very odd. I’ve heard of the “lean...
Whichever conclusion you would like to bring yourself to is fine by me. I can understand everything that’s been said and if not then I’ll ask questions.
Will do, but I don’t know why nobody is listening when I say it’s not a misfire. I did the bottom cylinder and no abnormalities with the timing light. It is NOT a misfire!!! Starting to think this forum is useless lol.
Yes I have ran a timing light and it’s perfectly in time. No I haven’t done a link and sync, but the cam roller is on the mark where it should be and the butterfly’s open as they should.