Just Purchased 1988 60HP Mercury

[turtle1173]

Hi all,<br /><br /> I just picked up a 'new to me' 1988 Oil Injected 60HP Mercury. It looks to be in great condition. Can someone verify this serial number for me? It looks to be OB240314 or perhaps O8240314.<br /><br /> There is supposed to be an oil tank that is external to the engine. I do not have one but was wondering if its possible to just run this with Pre-Mix. The mechanic I bought this from said 'yes' and all I needed to do was plug up the inlet where I would normally hook up the tank. I asked if this would hurt the oil pump. He stated that this oil injection system worked off of suction and that it just needed to be plugged. I wasn't sure if that sounded right or not because I read somewhere about burning out the oil pump if you just bypassed the oil tank so I thought I would ask. Do I just need to plug the hole?<br /><br /> Any help greatly appreciated.<br /><br />thanks,<br /><br />Shane

 

[usedboats4u]

Re: Just Purchased 1988 60HP Mercury

the serial number is OB, as for the oil, i would find the leak and run the oil injection

 

[turtle1173]

Re: Just Purchased 1988 60HP Mercury

Hi,<br /><br /> Thanks for the info about the 'OB.'<br /><br /> I don't have a leak in the oil injection. I don't have the oil Reservoir because it is an external tank. I was hoping to run the motor soon so I wanted to know if it was true that I could just stop up the inlet (that would normally go to the oil tank) and be able to run it that way. A mechanic told me that the oil is pumped to the engine via suction, so just plugging up the inlet would suffice because there was no oil pump. Any comments would be greatly appreciated??<br /><br /> I'm also concerned about the reliability of the oil injection.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Shane