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Thanks. That must be it. I guess the rubber of the bush melting must be the reason I had to remove the circlip to make it possible to withdraw the driveshaft. This is the first time I have removed the lower unit on this motor and I don't know what the previous owner did. Do you know if it is...
I have a 2005 Yamaha F80. Fuel Injection Four Stroke. I started it up after sitting for a while and a rubber burning smell came from the lower unit. I removed the lower unit. To pull the driveshaft out you have to remove a circlip which seems to retain some sort of seal. This seal was melted. I...
Yamaha 115 EFI Four Stroke Year 2001. Starts easily. Idles nicely. When throttling up from idle, the engine hesitates and sometimes stalls. This can be avoided by throttling up slowly. Also return to idle seems a bit slow and a vacuum sound can be heard for a short while. (Not sure whether this...
