Campbell River Outboard Mechanic

[Fish Nutz]

I am currently having issues with my 82 Merc 80 not firing on 2 cylinders and was wondering if anybody could reccomend a reputable mechanic in the Campbell River area or suggest any possible causes for my problem.

Thanx

Fish Nutz

 

[gonefishing669]

chek your coils,you may have a bad one...maybe you have a bad plug or screwed plug wire..doesne`t sound like a major problem,sounds like electrical, also chek all your ground wires for broken or any corosion..

 

[Fish Nutz]

All plugs have been replaced, changed one coil on one of the affected cylinders did nothing, plug wires also seem fine no breaks etc. Grounds are good I've taken all of them off and sanded down the contacts.

 

[Highliner]

This was posted just a couple days ago. He's a guide/mechanic in CR.

http://www.sportfishingbc.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8578


Highliner

 

[gonefishing669]

have you done a compresion test,if you have a cylinder with bad compresion it won`t fire either, next question was it running fine before being stored,or was it running fine then all the sudden a cylinder quit firing?

 

[gonefishing669]

POSSIBLE blown head gasket..

 

[Fish Nutz]

It was running fine then steadilly got worse until it would actually stall at trolling speed

 

[gonefishing669]

do a compresion test,sounds like the head gasket is hooped...the other thing to try ,if your compresion is low,or none exesting in the two cylinders then re-torque your head bolts,and see if that helps,before replacing the gasket..overall not a big job if its the head gasket,and no problems getting parts for that merc...

 

[gonefishing669]

do a compresion test,sounds like the head gasket is hooped...the other thing to try ,if your compresion is low,or none exesting in the two cylinders then re-torque your head bolts,and see if that helps,before replacing the gasket..overall not a big job if its the head gasket,and no problems getting parts for that merc...

 

[Fish Nutz]

Thanx for your input gonefishin i'll do the test and look into changin the head gasket, it'd sure be nice to not have to put much $ into such an old motor!

 

[Fish Nutz]

Thanx for your input gonefishin i'll do the test and look into changin the head gasket, it'd sure be nice to not have to put much $ into such an old motor!

 

[Island Fish Lifter]

if you need a mechanic email me at brittanyandclayton@msn.com

 

[Island Fish Lifter]

if you need a mechanic email me at brittanyandclayton@msn.com