Re: Yamaha/Merc L4 3.0 manuals
and used Mercruiser engines
Bondo said:
Ayuh,... That's just NOT True...
All of the marine manufacturers use Chevy base motors
Yep... agree with what bondo says.
Lets see if this ends the confustion any.
There were very few actual Mercruiser engines.... All of the engines that Mercruiser made were pretty much junk anyways.
There are however, many, many engines that Mercruiser has
marinized.
As of right now, Mercruiser chooses to
marinize Chevy/GM automotive and industrial engines.
Now you ask, what is marinizing and engine?
Mercruiser starts with a block assembled by Chevy/GM to Merc's specification. Merc buys 10's of thousands of these blocks every year.
From there, Mercruiser add's
1. Marine exhaust systems
2. Marine fuel systems
3. Marine ignition systems
4. Marine starting and charging system.
5. Couplers and housings to attach it to a marine drive (vs a torque converter or clutch)
6. Marine cooling systems.
All of those things are different than automotive, and 99% of those things are going to be different on an engine that was marinized by Yamaha vs an engine that was marinized by Merc.
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