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    1999 Mercury XR6 150 Blown Headgasket

    Motor overheated at the end of last summer, lost compression on the top two cylinders on the starboard side of the motor. Pulled the head off today and this is what I found. Aside from obviously a headgasket, will the head need to be replaced also? Also you can see very light scoring on the...
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    1999 Mercury xr6 150 - Beeping

    As soon as I turn the key to 'run' the alarm sounds a continuous solid beep. This should be the alarm for the overheat sensor I presume but the motor is not overheating. Temp gauge is normal, water stream is coming out of the '**** hole', and the oil injection is functioning properly. I...
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    '99 Mercury XR6 150HP - Steering Problem

    The steering wheel has a lot of play, and feels extremely loose between the 10 and 2 o'clock positions. However, when turned to steer the motor it takes a LOT of effort to turn the wheel. It feels hardest when turning all the way left. So far I've greased all the fittings on the motor, with no...
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    Gas Can Thief

    Some Background info: I live on Candlewood Lake in Connecticut. In my neighborhood we have a community "boat club" with about 20 slips. In the past two weeks, a boat tube has been stolen from the dock, along with two 5 gallon gas cans. Each can was stolen about 3 days apart from each other. In...
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    Evinrude has trouble on water, fine on the hose?

    Put the boat in today and it starts and idles great. Also throttles up real niclely on the warm up lever. However, it dies unless you throw it into gear quickly, and with the control lever all the way forward (carbs are wide open at this point) the boat, along with the engine runs very slowly...
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    Engine Dies At Idle In Water Not On Land

    Today when we put the boat in, it started great (with the warm up lever up) but when I put it down to move the boat in gear it dies. The motor runs fine on the hose however. We have since figured out that the idle speed needs adjustment. It's a 1978 Evinrude 85 hp model 85895C. Found a diagram...
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    Starter Gear Hits Flywheel At High Throttle

    I just had my starter rebuilt after the old gear on the original starter was grinded out. The motor starts great now, but I have noticed that when I increase the throttle, the gear on the starter will get sucked up against the flywheel and go back down. This cycle then repeats. What can I do to...
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    85 hp 1978 Evinrude Shift Linkage Adjustment

    I have an old 1978 85 hp Evinrude outboard. Recently bought the boat and after cleaning the carbs (they were completely frozen) it started right up, and sounds great. The only thing I can't figure out, is how to adjust the shift linkage. Anyone have any ideas?
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