its been a while since I posted but my 150 has given up the ghost. Blown headgasket and a broken ring that really scored up the cylinder as well as hung up (from the best I can tell) in teh port and locked up the motor. Too much to repair since the motor is an 89. It served me pretty well but now I am planning on getting a 150 merc. The bad thing is I dont have a boat over the 4th. Life sucks!!