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Scott hubley
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Posted on Sunday, September 20, 2009 - 01:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP

yamaha 150 v-6

the engine feels like it only throttles up to half throttle. it starts instantly and runs good enough without backfiring or stuttering. I have 2 dead cylinders that get spark (maybe weak spark?) I know this because they shocked the f'ing s out of me while I was performing the "pull one plug at a time" test. I pull the plugs and the 2 bad ones are oily/gassy. I put a new plug in and it got oily/gassy. I pulled the carbs inspected / drained them, they had a bit of water in them. my question is can the plugs still be getting wet with fuel/oil if the carb is still dirty? what else might cause dead cylinders
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Scott hubley
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Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 12:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP

I put a spare plug on the two dead cylinder plug wires and observed weak spark. I cleaned up the grounds to the coils and a nice clean spark appeared. I put everything back together and observed a puff of smoke in the V of the block area in the vicinity of the dead cylinders. I carefully removed the head and checked the head gasket but cant see any telltale signs of a blown head gasket.
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Tony Delio
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Posted on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 02:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP

Which cylinders are dead?
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Scott hubley
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Posted on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 05:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP

bottom two of one bank (closest to water) on one side of the v.
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Scott hubley
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Posted on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 05:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP

puff of smoke seems to be coming from the exhaust cover, I was mistaken and wildly assumed the puff was coming from the head gasket because the two dead cylinders were in the same area as the puff of smoke. I think the rich exhaust leak might have damaged the coil packs or corroded the grounds to the coil packs for that area. Im going to take her out when the weather gets better and see if its all fixed.
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Tony Delio
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Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 05:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP

I think you are on to something. That exhaust leak is not a good thing. Water can get into the exhaust in the wrong place, and/or exhaust can get into the cooling system.
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Scott hubley
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Posted on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 06:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP

is that a big job? whats underneath that cover?
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Tony Delio
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Posted on Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 12:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP

Not a big job. This is where the exhaust is cooled by water from the pump. They are separated here; as the exhaust leaves the bottom of the block, water is then added directly to the hot gases.
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Scott hubley
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Posted on Sunday, October 04, 2009 - 01:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP

ok, so I finally got the head gasket in the mail and installed it. Ran real good, finally was able to make a wake again. I idled it around for about 10 minutes in a no wake zone and went to go full throttle again. It started running good and felt a shudder as it went back to running slow. I babied it back in to the slip and saw that I had a few spark plug boots loose. Im going to take it back out tomorrow maybe.

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