Thank you Joe.
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Thank you Joe.
I received a water pump impeller kit and it came with a metal gasket that goes under the face plate. I had a paper gasket before. Seems strange to have a metal gasket under a metal face plate. Is...
Thank you. Have a great Thanksgiving!
Thanks Don. is guess the mercury repair shop would be the only choice? How often should the oil filter be changed out?
hello all,
my optimax has an oil filter at the bottom of the oil tank. I want to change that out as a matter of routine maintenance. I understand you need to purge air out once that is done. ...
Test run and temp is fine. drops to 96 at high speed and rises to 143 at idle. Water presure was 4 PSI at start and upon returning to dock was 3.5PSI. All seems good. no beep or engine alarm.
Water pressure was 4.0 PSI I replaced the poppit and thermostat. Seems to reach temp at idle now. Will need to test run it and let you know results. Hopefully that simple fix did the trick. ...
Haven't run beyond idle at this point. Was going to just replace the thermostat. Poppit is not sticking at all. Could this cause for the one beep and engine symbol to flash on my smartcraft monitor?
Hi All,
My 2006 115hp Optimax (serial #1B372539) won't reach normal operating temperature at idle and the SC1000 smartcraft monitor beeps once (short beep) then the alarm and engine symbol appears. ...
Thanks Don and Joe. Just wanted to be sure that keeping the system is an acceptable option.
Thanks Don. So the gear is nylon. Short of overheating, which I've never done, is it advisable to eliminate the oil injection? Motor is 18 years old, runs like a champ, and I do change the...
Did you clean out the water discharge line going to the tell tale (pee fitting)?
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Thanks. Is this not the right board for my engine? Are you talking about the water pump impeller? If so i do that each year.
I've been reading about older Mercury 2-strokes having a plastic gear in the crankcase to drive the oil injection pump. Not sure what "older" really is. I have a 2005 200 hp 2-stroke SWS carb...
Good advice. There are many prop manufacturers out there. The mercury SS props seem very expensive. I see that Turning Point and Solas have SS props at about 1/2 the price of mercury. Anyone have...
Thanks for this. The second prop (13.25x17) is what I currently have except it is the Quicksilver version. I am using my smartcraft gage and GPS for RPM's and speed so my numbers should be...
That's interesting! I didn't realize this. Sounds like I will need to find a 15P (same prop) and see what happens. At least a good starting point. thanks.
Boat is a key west 176 Sportsman CC. The motor is mounted 3rd hole down from the top. This puts the anti-cav. plate about 1" above the bottom of the hull.
Would going to a 15P in stainless steel work? Increase RPM and no real loss of top end speed?
Hi all,
Need some help. Currently running a 13.25x17P mercury black diamond aluminum prop. Max RPM's are 5400 on my 115 Optimax. Looking to get closer to 5750 max RPM per spec's. What prop would...
Thanks Don. Does the strainer sit in some sort of housing behind the threaded part? I'm concerned if it happens to separate from the threads..... can it easily be removed or does that create...
2006 Optimax 115hp serial #1B372539. Doing some routine maintenance and wanted to remove the compressor water strainer. Plastic head snapped off! What is the best practice to get that out? ...
Don, serial number 1B372539. I'll check the plugs. thank you!
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My optimax seems to "miss" occasionally when first started for the day. After it starts to warm up, runs fine throughout the RPM range. Can shut down and restart with no issues. ...