Bought a pontoon with a 90 hp Mercury/Force on it. Bought it for the boat to make bow fishing rig. Have a Evinrude to replace it. Before just taking off I ran compression on it, it was good. Has only one carb, took apart and cleaned. Water pump, plugs, lower unit oil change, fresh gas. Fired right up and never has missed a lick in 2 years!! Easiest motor I have ever worked on. Parts on Ebay.
Here is the kicker. Leave boat tied to my barge at Lake Belton a lot. My son who is 21 at time has never had to mix oil and gas. Boat is relatively empty. He pulls up to marina and fills her up, no oil. Runs prolly 3-5 gallons out of it. Ties boat up and heads home. He tells me he went bow fishing and what they killed and that they filled up boat. I asked about oil and he says "HUH?". Of course my next trip I put oil in it. Motor is still going strong and that was a year ago. I have nothing but good things to say about Mercury/Force. Maybe its just this one IDK?Good luck!!
Here is the kicker. Leave boat tied to my barge at Lake Belton a lot. My son who is 21 at time has never had to mix oil and gas. Boat is relatively empty. He pulls up to marina and fills her up, no oil. Runs prolly 3-5 gallons out of it. Ties boat up and heads home. He tells me he went bow fishing and what they killed and that they filled up boat. I asked about oil and he says "HUH?". Of course my next trip I put oil in it. Motor is still going strong and that was a year ago. I have nothing but good things to say about Mercury/Force. Maybe its just this one IDK?Good luck!!
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