Hi all. New boater, grabbed an 1988 wahoo DC from a friend of mine with an 88 mercury 80hp outboard.
I’ve been googling and trying learn as much as I can about this motor. Currently it runs well, doesn’t seem to have any problems other then a charging issue that I’m looking into. Thanks to those who helped over in my first thread.
I have a couple specific questions first, I’d like to keep the oil injection. I’m trying to find out if this motor has the plastic gear like the V6 Mercs do? If not, then I’ll take the time to service the injection system over the winter.
My other question was, are all the ELPTO motors the same from that time frame? It appears the 80 was only made for a few years, along with the 70 and 75, but it looks like the 90 was around for a few more years? Are parts between them mostly interchangeable even in the newer years?
Finally, anything else I should be looking out for? Gonna go thru the fuel system, and do a compression check just to get a general idea of motor health.
Thank you all for any help.
I’ve been googling and trying learn as much as I can about this motor. Currently it runs well, doesn’t seem to have any problems other then a charging issue that I’m looking into. Thanks to those who helped over in my first thread.
I have a couple specific questions first, I’d like to keep the oil injection. I’m trying to find out if this motor has the plastic gear like the V6 Mercs do? If not, then I’ll take the time to service the injection system over the winter.
My other question was, are all the ELPTO motors the same from that time frame? It appears the 80 was only made for a few years, along with the 70 and 75, but it looks like the 90 was around for a few more years? Are parts between them mostly interchangeable even in the newer years?
Finally, anything else I should be looking out for? Gonna go thru the fuel system, and do a compression check just to get a general idea of motor health.
Thank you all for any help.
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