greg baranitsky
Cadet
- Joined
- May 17, 2003
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- 22
81 Merc 200 with 390hrs just had a major meltdown! This thing was running great other than every once in a while it would just shut down. Had it to the dealer to try and find a problem but they could not find anything.
This past weekend we were headed back home when she did her mysterious shut down routine, no problem I'll just fire it back up. Motor starts but is running ruff, I put it into gear and give her some throttle and she starts to knock then quits. Now I am thinking that did not sound good! So we rowed that pig to the shore and got some help from some very nice people. (Thanks Jim)
Anyway the mechanic now has the heads off of the motor and the #1 piston is melted and the rest are in pretty messed up as well. Looks like the whole power head will need to be replaced! He's inspected the water pump which he said looked very good, and had a look through the carbs he said looked good and clean and now he is pointing the finger at the switch box.
Can a switch box cause this to happen? I want to be sure before I go and put 5000 dollars into this thing just to find out we never solved the original problem.
Anyone have a good used power head they would like to sell?:'(
Thanks,
Greg
This past weekend we were headed back home when she did her mysterious shut down routine, no problem I'll just fire it back up. Motor starts but is running ruff, I put it into gear and give her some throttle and she starts to knock then quits. Now I am thinking that did not sound good! So we rowed that pig to the shore and got some help from some very nice people. (Thanks Jim)
Anyway the mechanic now has the heads off of the motor and the #1 piston is melted and the rest are in pretty messed up as well. Looks like the whole power head will need to be replaced! He's inspected the water pump which he said looked very good, and had a look through the carbs he said looked good and clean and now he is pointing the finger at the switch box.
Can a switch box cause this to happen? I want to be sure before I go and put 5000 dollars into this thing just to find out we never solved the original problem.
Anyone have a good used power head they would like to sell?:'(
Thanks,
Greg