I was fishing a jackpot last week when my 03 250 xb started missing really bad at around 5500 rpm. So I shut it down thinking maybe it was a coil or water seperator, bad gas etc..... To make a long story short, I trolled it on the trailer, pulled the cowl, and there is a beautiful shiny piston rod sticking out about 2 inches with a tennis ball size whole in my block.!!! It literaly made me sick. But the motor still runs!!! Local mechanic advised that i most likel had a weak injector that has ran that cylinder lean since day one and it finally had enough..
Any help with finding and new powerhead would be greatly appreciated. At this point I am wondering how a 9.9 would look on the back of a 2100.