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Had a ride on a bike once. Always got my thrill from water. Been in the drink a couple times. So much better then landing on pavement and metal I think. No speed limits on water except in designated areas. Cuts down on speeding tickets. I would rather get my trills in the Sun going fast in a bathing suit and life jacket instead of leather suits on hot pavement. We boat in groups and hit the beaches and restaurants, it's a blast. Easy to pop out for a 3-4 hour run and do 100-150miles of boating. We have lots of water ways in Ontario, Canada. Where I live, endless boating opportunities, short distance from my home.

​@@MurphsFiberglassingGotta love people telling you that you're having the wrong kind of fun then try to explain how their fun is the only way you're going to have a good time. I'm pretty sure you know what you like to do.

I'm with ya. Thinking it just wasn't torqued enough. They do wear out with a surface prop but that was too quick.

The oil hot and under pressure while running most likely seeping out the carrier. Never notice. Now a pocket of air. At least water would of cooled some. Not sure what to do.

Same here with GM until I got lemon and no one gave a crap.

@ same. Dealer said you stuck with it and Mercury said whatever the dealer said Never again. One of pops Yamahas was a 60 enduro. Ran it on a rosborough 18 when they made them. But the engine had a gallon gas tank inside the cowling and once started, it ran on kerosene. Kerosene was much cheaper than gas at the time. May still be, not sure. Yamaha never brought that motor to the USA. Great motor.

My dad worked at mercury in the 1980's. He said that at the end, they brought in teams of yamaha engineers from Japan to go through their entire product line and manufacturing process before he was laid off. So, there are things in play that maybe led to this problem with quality. They also moved a lot of manufacturing from Wisconsin to Oklahoma. Not sure about the culture in Oklahoma, but in Wisconsin it's roots are German.

That's what I thought at first, it is a river. It was my lower unit bearing seized up.

I got 3 of those too.

Invisible selfie stick

360 action cam on a stick. Software takes the stick out of the picture.

360 GoPro Max mounted on my stern light pole.

@@headshaker4609 Thanks

@@MurphsFiberglassing Interesting thank you

I'll be watching my level a little closer now. LOL

We got a few 2strokers. Wanted a new as well, not much choice today, 4stroke only.

Newer generations of the 115 are much better.

@brianburkhardt771 Mine is a 2013 mercury 4 stroke. I have had it 2 yrs has been a great motor. I called the prop Depot in Tennessee and told them what I had and the sent me a new prop they worked their magic on. I put it on $900 later and was more than I expected. Before the boat ran to flat trimmed up properly and couldnt get anymore than about 5400 rpms at about 51 moh, and now the bow comes way up at 5800 rpms and 57mph. Huge improvement.

@eddiemoser8829 I had a stainless prop on it, fast boat mine would run 61 mph on a good flat no wind day. I owned a 2006 tracker with a 50 Merc on it. That was a good motor wish I would have kept it hat boat. That 115 was a runner. Just ran rough on low idle sometimes, it would cut out running half throttle. Just did not like it. She Gone!! I bought a cayak lol.

Always been a Merc Man. Lov this engine, it's a beast of a 115. Running 78mph @ 6100rpm, red line is 6300. 2021 with 130hrs. Only maintenance so far is to change the engine and lower unit oil. It was my LU that gave jammed up from the performance prop. Going to have to beef it up. Update ua-cam.com/video/OUzmIkCbzLs/v-deo.html

Thanks for the reply. Agree most don't understand the running of high pitch performance propellers. Propellers are your boats transmission, one which you dial in with the propeller to the motors setup and performance. In my case it's the lower unit that has failed not my engine. I have added an Update link in the description.

2021 Got a 130hrs on it. The lower unit is what blew up. Lost oil. Motor ok.

Thanks. It was my LU that blew up. Working on it. Be ready for Spring.

Thanks

Got a few of those too.

30" A5 Mercury Chopper

Turned out to be my Lower unit. Loss my oil I guess and it locked up. Motor ok.

Full out running we'er under 6100rpm. Red line on is 6300 on this motor. Most of the time only in the 5's. Can go all day like that.

@MurphsFiberglassing well this one didnt...

@@ChiefCabioch Turned out to be my lower unit. Loss my oil I guess. I have it in my next vid.

That’s just a silly thing to say. I run my 250 at wide open throttle in 20 mile stretches. Sometimes for an hour just full out. Only thing to happen in 604 hours was just like this guy, my lower gave out. Sheared the shaft off. These motors are designed to be run hard.

There designed for w.o.t. by the way my 4 stroke 1 litre snowmobile and r1 bike run at 12,500 ram's

It's got a low water pickup Bob's Machine Shop cone. Water enters from under the bullet of the cone.

@ sweet !

Red line is 6300 for this model. It's just purring along.

​@@MurphsFiberglassing ah ok. Did you ever get an answer on this one grenading on you?

@@CajunKracka I have another vid "Motor Carnage Update". It was the lower unit locked up solid.

​@MurphsFiberglassing that is better than blowing the block. Good luck with it. She moves along great.

If you can roll at 6200 WOT and the optimum WOT is 5200, you need to reprop it. It's well under propped. At the minimum, research the proper mount height, trim angles, prop pitch. If your swinging that much more over design WOT limits, you're gonna grenade that thing or, at minimum, greatly reduce motor life. If money or long term reliability is of no concern, then carry on.

2021 Mercury ProXS 115

360 GoPro Max mounted on my stern light pole.

They make camera that’s in a pole but it doesn’t see the pole in the picture

Insta 360

Thanks

Glad of that. But that would of been Merc's 14k. Modified LU, my problem. Still better off think.

@ def need to have that Modded Lower if youre going to be hammering it or tuning the powerhead, warranties are nice too lol

Next vid shows it was the lower unit that jammed up. Good think I was going slow.

@ wow that was a violent shake! Ive seen motors throw rods and it looks just like that and the oil galley usually gets compromised and oil just pours into the water. Ill have to check the next video now lol tight lines!

@@DCFloridasport I think it might have to do with the new motor mounts on these 4strokes. They sure bounce around a lot. That might of been a good thing.

@ youre right there...its easy when you have twins because the steering stabilizers help a lot, Ive found that a lot of poorly bled hydraulic steering systems that once bled thoroughly it tightened up the movement quite a bit.

Yeah, that effects the lower unit! 😂 More like because it's a new Mercury! 😏

No 4 stroke Mercury's are JUNK!!!!😅

your kidding yourself and obviously have no knowledge about outboard motors check your facts

That's what I thought at first. Turns out to be the Lower unit bearing. Must of loss oil somehow.

78mph @ 6050rpm 30" A5 Mercury Chopper

May not know now. I guess before would give an explanation to why it locked up. I blew it out with air and refilled oil, not leaking sitting there for a day.

@@MurphsFiberglassing hard to know I guess

Will have to get someone to take it apart, see if it's repairable.

@@MurphsFiberglassing good luck!

LOL No fun in that.