New to the forum and wanted to say thanks in advance for any help!
I have a 2009 Merc 115 4 stroke outboard (EFI) and the foam on the air filter has completely disintegrated. I purchased the boat/motor new in July and it has less than 40 hours on it. To my knowledge, the hose coming from the motor into the air filter blows oil vapor back into the intake to burn it in the engine to help with emissions. It appears that the geniuses at Merc used a foam that was not oil resistant, so it begins to deteriorate immediately. I have a friend with the same exact boat and motor and he has had the same problem. Wouldn't be that big of a deal if I could just replace it with a different type of filter, but there aren't any aftermarket filters to my knowledge...so I'm stuck shelling out another $80-90 for the same thing I have now. I called Merc and they said it likely wouldn't be covered under warranty since the filter is a "maintenance part".
Any suggestions here?
I have a 2009 Merc 115 4 stroke outboard (EFI) and the foam on the air filter has completely disintegrated. I purchased the boat/motor new in July and it has less than 40 hours on it. To my knowledge, the hose coming from the motor into the air filter blows oil vapor back into the intake to burn it in the engine to help with emissions. It appears that the geniuses at Merc used a foam that was not oil resistant, so it begins to deteriorate immediately. I have a friend with the same exact boat and motor and he has had the same problem. Wouldn't be that big of a deal if I could just replace it with a different type of filter, but there aren't any aftermarket filters to my knowledge...so I'm stuck shelling out another $80-90 for the same thing I have now. I called Merc and they said it likely wouldn't be covered under warranty since the filter is a "maintenance part".
Any suggestions here?
