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    85 mercruiser 140 MR

    So over the weekend I decided to do the exhaust gasket and found where the drip on the side of the motor was coming from the is only water coming out does anyone think JB weld would do the job to hold over until I can save up for a new motor? I also pulled the head off to check the cylinders and...
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    85 mercruiser I/O cylinder 3 not firing

    85 mercruiser cylinder #3 is not firing... found this out by pulling off the spark plug wires 1 at at time everyone except #3 shut down the engine when #3 was pulled the engine still ran. there is spark because I took a spark tester and put to a good ground and saw and also heard the spark...
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    85 Mercruiser I/O will barely move past idle speed at full throttle

    OK so I have an 85 17' Chris Craft with a 85 (I believe) MerCruiser I/O 140 (serial 06920736) with alpha 1 outdrive.. here's the issue bought the boat 2 years ago took it out on the water it would run and idle great come up to plane fine and the speedometer would say 50-55mph top speed, but...
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