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    1998 johnson fast strike LU help please

    hello all, need advice motor is a 98 faststrike 115 v4 i changed the LU oil last summer. it was a little milky. took it to dealer and they did pressure and vacuum test and everything turned out fine. in the fall i changed it again, little milky. changed it two weeks ago and it was coffee with...
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    please help-98 johnson 115 faststrike weird problem

    i was at the lake today. my 98 johnson 115 v4 faststrike-when you start it(in neutral), there is a beep and a system check gauge that goes through 1 red light for each of the 4 warnings. so i pulled up on a spot and when i moved the throttle back to neutral before turning it off, there was this...
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    how can i tell if choke is working

    i have an 89 merc 80 horse. when i push the key in, it is supposed to choke. how can i tell if the choke is working? if i push the key in i hear nothing, if i push the key in and turn a little to where the horn comes in, i hear a tick but i dont know if its the choke. been hard to start...
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    taking off a propeller

    hello i posted a couple days ago about getting a new prop. i found one but i need to take the current one off. the motor is an 89 merc 80 horse. there is a nut and what appears to be a lock washer underneath it. the lock nut has flanges and two or three are bent over. i cant tell if i need to...
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    mercury 1989 80 horse prop selection, Help!

    hello i have a 1989 merc 80 horse oil injected. serial # 0B310239. i have a crack in one of the blades of the prop. i dont feel any vibration when moving, but i was told to replace it just to be sure. the crack is about 3/4 inch long and slightly seperated apart. anyway i am looking at new...
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    more help with warning horn

    okay the specifics of my 89 merc 80 horse oil injected: the serial number is OB310239 i borrowed a infrared gun today and hooked it up to the ears. let it run for a bit but the motor would not get hot enough. the pee water was still cold when i shut it off and the reading from atop the first...
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    how do you know if

    there is water circulating around the motor, besides the obivious of the water shooting out the hole? can you pull the stat and see if water shoots out the hole? does anyone know if an 89 merc 80 horse has 1 stat or two thanks for looking
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    mercury warning horn

    hello i have an 89 mercury 80 horse oil injected on a skeeter bass boat. the motor runs fine, but the other day the horn came on and stayed on for like 4 minutes then went off. i believe a horn comes on until the thermostat has reached full temp, but we had the boat running when it came on. can...
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    mercury recalls

    hello i posted on here recently about some engine trouble from my 89 mercury 80 horse oil injected. i took it to the shop and they had to replace the stator, trigger, and switch box. they said they have seen many of these same troubles on other mercs. from what they said and from what i read on...
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    upate on my boat

    i wanted to let you know that i pulled the plugs and tested them and there was no fire. no fire on 2 of three plugs and i didnt test the third. i called the boat shop and they said mercs are notorious for sator problems and he thinks it may be the problem. i am taking it up there tomorrow. he...
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    flat spark plugs

    i just posted about my mercury troubles and fail to mention that even though they looked halfway decent, i have never seen a flat plug like this. the center piece of metal was pretty clean, but the ring around it was dark. does this mean anything? just curious as to how they fire and if maybe...
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    please help with new boat

    i bought a 1989 skeeter SD 80 FS from a co worker few days ago. the boat is in pristine shape. it has a mecury 80 horse oil injected motor. they had not run the boat in a year and it still had some gas in it. they were told when they bought it that even though it was oil injected to still...
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