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    Cause of this milky water

    I am in process of replacing exhaust cover gaskets on Mercury L6 1988 to stop water in bottom cylinder problem. The powerhead came off pretty easily, but I find this at the drive shaft-see photo. Is it from the powerhead or could it be from the water pump or elsewhere? I'm guessing from the...
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    Any way to change just one piston and rings on 1988 Mercury 115 L6 2 stroke?

    So I pulled the power head and removed exhaust cover on my engine today to fix a water leak into bottom cylinder. On inspection I find the top piston is missing it's top ring entirely. That cylinder ran 100 psig on compression test and other 5 ran 120 last week before I started this project. Is...
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    Must I pull power head for exhaust cover removal?

    So I have water in cylinder number 6 the bottom cylinder in my Mercury 115 l6 Tower of Power. Water is also dripping out of the gasket joint at the bottom of the exhaust cover. So I want to pull the exhaust cover and replace all the gaskets between that and the head. My question is this: can I...
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