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So it looks like I burnt a cylinder on my Yamaha 200ETLN last time out. I pulled the head and #3 cylinder is badly scored. Top of the piston is intact but I imagine that the rings failed or a piece of the piston skirt broke off. The failure occured at about 4500 RPM with very little trim...
So it looks like I lost the forward gear on my Yamaha 200AETO the other weekend. Had to go up the lake in reverse to get back to the launch ramp. I got a few funny looks as you might imagine but it beats paddling.
I was wondering how to determine the gear ratio for the lower unit on my...
