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started up my merc this year to having a very poor amount of water coming out of the water pee whole. so i rebuilt the water pump with all new parts took it to the lake and had the same problem when at idle. at high rpm was fine, but idle was no water coming out. so i took the pump apart again...
Re: 1970s 1150 mercury 115 hp top piston has metal plate over plug hole???
i did some research. the reed getting sucked into the cylinder is the only resonable thing that could of happened i believe. here is a couple pictures of the plug which in normal... and also the plug hole.
Hey there I'm was givin a 16ft fiberform boat with a 115 hp merc on it... I was told that it's a 1971 but can't confirm thy yet. The engine seems to run fine... Rough idle but revs up fine. I pulled the top plug on this inline 6 cyl. And there is a small plate of metal covering the inside of the...