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by chrisCA
Aug 21st, '23, 00:13
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Excessive Smoke from Mercruiser 165
Replies: 6
Views: 6750

Re: Excessive Smoke from Mercruiser 165

Thanks for suggestions, I'll start with compression check and report back. Since it is a twin I swapped the wires from the other motor and no difference, the sparkplugs are all new and new ignition coil. I had a friend also say that the smoke looks like unburned fuel vapour. Engine runs ok but does ...
by chrisCA
Aug 19th, '23, 22:08
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Excessive Smoke from Mercruiser 165
Replies: 6
Views: 6750

Excessive Smoke from Mercruiser 165

Hi Guys, Working on tuning my Bertram 25 with twin 165's. Portside motor is smoking alot, and it is like soot soming out, it seems to run ok, but seems that it is just fouling up. Do you think it is the timing? anyone has seen this before? The water pulling under the boat is covered in black soot. h...
by chrisCA
Aug 1st, '22, 17:58
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Repowering Bertram 25 and cleaing up engine bay, need help to identify a part.
Replies: 15
Views: 3748

Re: Repowering Bertram 25 and cleaing up engine bay, need help to identify a part.

Could it be some kind of gas fumes detector ?

Ill clean it up for sure
by chrisCA
Jul 6th, '22, 10:26
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bert 25 Location of Main Fuse Block Fuses & No Power to instruments and ignition
Replies: 4
Views: 4651

Re: Bert 25 Location of Main Fuse Block Fuses & No Power to instruments and ignition

Thank You guys. I feel like such an idiot The breaker was right in front of me. Cooked up in dirt and grease. I just had my morning coffee went down to the boat and just stared at the motors and haha there the breaker struck me in the face :-D The are mounted backwards so the reset is facing back of...
by chrisCA
Jul 4th, '22, 15:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bert 25 Location of Main Fuse Block Fuses & No Power to instruments and ignition
Replies: 4
Views: 4651

Bert 25 Location of Main Fuse Block Fuses & No Power to instruments and ignition

Hi I have a problem with my Bertram 25 1972 twin 165's I lost all power to instrument panel and fuse blocks. I've been troubleshooting and found a wiring diagram. Does anyone know if the location of these fuses that are on the AMM+ https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OZkeM8ohGdgY0Q95PAB0UfsesX_Qfhp5&a...