"I just replaced my carburetor
"I just replaced my carburetor. (1976 120 Mercruiser.) I did the rough adjustment of the needle valves and it started right up.
I instinctively went and looked over the transom to make sure water was pumping out the propeller hub. (It was on the muffs.) It was. But exhaust and water also appeared to be coming out of the bellows between the transom and the outdrive. Bummer.
Then I noticed that the water coming out the propeller hub was oily and had a dull black layer floating on top of it.
My questions:
1) How long should that bellows last? (I just had all of the bellows replaced last year.)
2) Is the exhaust that oily and black because the mixture has not been adjusted or is something else wrong?
3) Should I shoot myself of my boat?
Thanks,
--FatBear"
"I just replaced my carburetor. (1976 120 Mercruiser.) I did the rough adjustment of the needle valves and it started right up.
I instinctively went and looked over the transom to make sure water was pumping out the propeller hub. (It was on the muffs.) It was. But exhaust and water also appeared to be coming out of the bellows between the transom and the outdrive. Bummer.
Then I noticed that the water coming out the propeller hub was oily and had a dull black layer floating on top of it.
My questions:
1) How long should that bellows last? (I just had all of the bellows replaced last year.)
2) Is the exhaust that oily and black because the mixture has not been adjusted or is something else wrong?
3) Should I shoot myself of my boat?
Thanks,
--FatBear"