I just bought a fixer uper winter project.<br />It is a 160 Sea Ray with the 100 hp motor.<br />I have manual and am cleaning it up before big test.<br /><br />Initial test: (on muffs)<br />Started with new gas in tank<br />tried to keep running at 2500 rpms. <br />bulb was getting soft squease=burst power<br />temp guage was not rising after about ten minutes of on and off running.<br />Ran compression test:<br />top #1 - 100<br /> 2 - 100<br /> 3 - 90<br /> 4 - 100<br />shot a little seafoam into #3 and ended at 95.<br />Are the seals cylinders and pistons ok.<br />Took apart carbs. Looked great.<br />on the bottom of carbs they say should go 1-4<br />mine goes 1-1-3-4. is that a prob. doesnt look like it has been worked on.<br />I also have a dark brown and white wire comming out of enguine, and i cant see it on the diagrams.<br />after i get it back together i will try to run it agian.<br />after i repalced water impeller, i do not get neutral or reverse anymore. its always spinning. could that effect my starting and idleing.<br />Oh yeah. i almost forgot.<br />to start the motor you have to have the mercury switch disconnected, and connect it to kill it. would that effect running also.<br />Sorry for the long post thanks for any help.
