1994 Mercury Force 90HP idling/starting problems...

[Jiggz]

With these Force motors, the so called nostrils do not really put out a lot of water unless you are at the harbor and idling. The nostrils are technically just for relief when the motor is idling otherwise most of the exhaust will exit the snout where most of the used cooling water will also come out. With my 125HP, it is nothing but misting coming out of these nostrils when on muffs.

 

[pnwboat]

Here's a video that shows what you would typically see as far as water and exhaust coming out of the two exhaust relief holes on muffs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAD6MAru5hA

 

[Jiggz]

The video is pretty much accurate when motor is on muffs. However, if the snout is submerged in water, i.e. tub or in the lake, there will be a solid steady stream of water from both relief holes when motor is idling.