I've been reading a lot of posts on the site and have seen a wealth of information on the outboard engines. I'm hoping someone with expertise on Mercury outboard can help me.
I recently bought an '88 Sea Ray with a Mercury v135 serial b265802. I recently replaced the impeller because it was running a little hot with very little water out of the pee hole. I also replaced the thermostats and poppet valve (which is a pain to get to). Since then, I get a better stream of water out of the pee hole. Here are some problems I've been facing:
Problem #1 - the poppet valve has a vent hole that has water seeping out at idle. Is that normal? I don't believe it is. The only thing I can think of is that the valve isn't open all the way due to some gasket silicon I put on the housing when I replaced it, which may prevent it from being fully open. Could that be the problem of water trickling out of the vent hole?
Problem #2 - The water stream out of the pee hole seems to decrease as I pick up speed and get on plane as compared to the boat being horizontal at slower speed. Any correlation to the poppet valve issue in Problem #1?
Problem #3 - The oil line at the oil injection pump does not seem to have any oil moving to the engine. I'm not sure if oil is being fed from the external reservoir. It seems it has since I've seen the level decreasing. But what troubles me is that I can physically see the oil being stagnant at the clear tube. Shouldn't there be constant oil moving through the engine?
I'm a first time boat owner and learning. Any help would be appreciated.
Sean
I recently bought an '88 Sea Ray with a Mercury v135 serial b265802. I recently replaced the impeller because it was running a little hot with very little water out of the pee hole. I also replaced the thermostats and poppet valve (which is a pain to get to). Since then, I get a better stream of water out of the pee hole. Here are some problems I've been facing:
Problem #1 - the poppet valve has a vent hole that has water seeping out at idle. Is that normal? I don't believe it is. The only thing I can think of is that the valve isn't open all the way due to some gasket silicon I put on the housing when I replaced it, which may prevent it from being fully open. Could that be the problem of water trickling out of the vent hole?
Problem #2 - The water stream out of the pee hole seems to decrease as I pick up speed and get on plane as compared to the boat being horizontal at slower speed. Any correlation to the poppet valve issue in Problem #1?
Problem #3 - The oil line at the oil injection pump does not seem to have any oil moving to the engine. I'm not sure if oil is being fed from the external reservoir. It seems it has since I've seen the level decreasing. But what troubles me is that I can physically see the oil being stagnant at the clear tube. Shouldn't there be constant oil moving through the engine?
I'm a first time boat owner and learning. Any help would be appreciated.
Sean