oil flooding

[WSC]

I have a 95 175hp mercury that when left in the tilt position floods with oil from the oil injection line, does any one know of a check valve or what I can do to fix this? I leave it in a slip in the salt water and that's why I tilt them up.

Stacy

 

[j_martin]

Re: oil flooding

I have a 95 175hp mercury that when left in the tilt position floods with oil from the oil injection line, does any one know of a check valve or what can do to fix this? I leave it in a slip in the salt water and thats why I have to tilt them up.

Stacy

Tilt or not probably doesn't make any difference. There's a check valve on the block, starboard side forward, with the air supply line on it going to the oil tank. It's supposed to supply 2 lbs of air pressure when the engine is running, and bleed it off in a relatively short time when the engine is shut down. If it sticks and doesn't bleed off the pressure, it'll flood with oil when it's parked.

hope it helps
John