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    Mercury 225 Opti Max Cover plates breaking....

    Is anyone having problems with the plastic cover plates breaking or falling apart on the sides of their Mercury Opti Max motors ?

    I have replaced them twice.

    Am I alone with this problem or is anyone else experiancing the same problem?



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    Re: Mercury 225 Opti Max Cover plates breaking.... (Lucky Ron)

    Sounds like you're alone on this one Ron......
    If they're like the ones on the 250XB they seem kinda flimsy; seems there should be more holding them on than one screw.

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    Re: Mercury 225 Opti Max Cover plates breaking.... (Lucky Ron)

    a lot of times when people replace them they will inadvertently break the little plastic clips on them without knowing.

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    Re: Mercury 225 Opti Max Cover plates breaking.... (Lucky Ron)

    Yep, the are cheezy...
    Sean Hill
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    Re: Mercury 225 Opti Max Cover plates breaking.... (1FastGambler)

    I thought I had read a earlier thread on this issue from last year.

    Do these covers do anything except make the engine look neater.
    Mine are almost all gone.

    I had talked to Mercury and they said they had no record of problems with those cover...
    So am I getting smoke blown up my......!
    Or is there really a problem with these engine cover plates ?



    Modified by Lucky Ron at 11:48 AM 4/19/2006



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