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Old August 14th, 2009, 01:16 PM
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Default Mercury 25 backfires out of exhaust is flywheel key shered?

Checked everything,good spark ,compression,fixed some wires from under the flywheel.

Does this flywheel key looked sheared?

Dont look normal to me.
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Old August 14th, 2009, 01:35 PM
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Default Re: Mercury 25 backfires out of exhaust is flywheel key shered?

can't tell by picture, they are usually in 2 pieces if sheared. also could be timing off. moving to merc forum.
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Default Re: Mercury 25 backfires out of exhaust is flywheel key shered?

Looks shearred to me, but it could be okay and the trouble is that spark has switched cylinders.
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Old August 14th, 2009, 08:42 PM
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Default Re: Mercury 25 backfires out of exhaust is flywheel key shered?

$1.50 will tell you for sure. Just replace it and try it, the flywheel looks O.K.
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