jimrockireland
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2013
- Messages
- 141
I have a Mercruiser MCM228 (1983) that stopped running while on the lake. It was running well and suddenly it lost power and about 10s later died completely. It would not re-start. When the key is turned on the crankshaft moves a little, It does not really turn over for even one full 360 degree revolution - it moves about 5 degrees. The battery is good. I removed the spark plugs to see if it would be easier to turn never, but no improvement. I thought maybe the timing chain was broken and thought if it was then the rotor on the distributor would not move when I tried to start it. I removed the distributor cap and saw that the rotor did move just like the crankshaft. I also tried to turn the engine over by putting a breaker bar on the crankshaft pulley nut but just ended up tightening down the nut. Nott sure where too from here.
