Merc 125 rebuild or not?

[LargoCharlie]

I'm new to this forum and any advice is greatly appreciated.
I have a 2000 125 Mercury outboard that has 2 bad cylinders/low compression. My mechanic, whom I trust, has presented me with 2 options. He will rebuild the entire block for $3600 including machine work and tax and a 90 day warranty or he will install a OEM Merc remanufactured block for $4300 tax included and a 1 year mercury warranty. Your probably thinking this is a no brainer, pay the extra 700 and the 1 year warranty is the way to go, but I was planning on upgrading my GPS/Fish finder so the extra 700 would kill that plan.

 

[JB]

Re: Merc 125 rebuild or not?

I'm new to this forum and any advice is greatly appreciated.
I have a 2000 125 Mercury outboard that has 2 bad cylinders/low compression. My mechanic, whom I trust, has presented me with 2 options. He will rebuild the entire block for $3600 including machine work and tax and a 90 day warranty or he will install a OEM Merc remanufactured block for $4300 tax included and a 1 year mercury warranty. Your probably thinking this is a no brainer, pay the extra 700 and the 1 year warranty is the way to go, but I was planning on upgrading my GPS/Fish finder so the extra 700 would kill that plan.

Hi, Charlie:welcome:

Kindly explain evidence for Low compression.

 

[wired247]

Re: Merc 125 rebuild or not?

You know you can do it yourself for about $1000 with gaskets, pistons, rings, bearings and machine work. Just throwing that out there. The rebuilt mercury supplied long block will be what you could do on your own with $3500 added.

FWIW you can buy a new long block for about $4500. New as in new in the crate. A rebuilt long block should run about half that.