Mercury 60 HP - 50 HP Four Stroke Engine Service
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2023
- In this video I walk you through the 100 hour/annual engine service for the Mercury 40/50/60 HP Four Stroke engine, which covers the oil and oil filter change, changing the lower unit gear oil, replacing the fuel filter, inspecting the thermostat, propeller and shaft as well as greasing the grease points on the engine.
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THANK YOU! I just ordered about a $100 of stuff from Amazon to tackle this but it'll save me $500/yr. in having someone else do it.
Glad to help. 👍🏼
Excellent video amigo, I applied the whole walk through you did on my mercury motor. Thank you
Glad the video helped you out.
Excellent video. This will make the job a lot easier on my Mercury 50 HP.
@spadog63 Thank you sir! Glad I was able to help.
Thanks for the video. Very informative.
Thanks for watching!
As someone that likes to work on stuff ,videos like this help. I'm going to repower my boat with the 60hp and I like to see what I'm facing. Thanks
Glad to help. 👍🏼
Great video! You explained everything so easy for us less mechanical people to fully understand. Appreciate you and I did subscribe to see all your future videos
Thank you so much!
Thanks for posting, very informative video.
Thanks! @carstx
Excellent video. Good details. Thanks. Only think I noticed was that when installing the fuel filter, you didn't prime it with the primer bulb to check for any leakage.
@@mcclaren807 thanks for watching. You are correct. I did not prime it in the video and I should have in order to check for leaks.
Thanks for the info. it was a great help
Thank you and glad it helped
Excellent!
@mikeford9176 Appreciate it!
Lot information, Great video. Thank you. Let us know when you are going to change the impeller.
@johndovi118
Thanks! I’ll be putting out a video covering the changing of the high pressure in line fuel filter this coming week and later this summer will drop the lower unit and change out the impeller.
Great video. When you change the spark plugs do you have a tough time removing the bottom plug? That one is always a killer for me with my Bigfoot.
Thanks! They definitely didn’t make it easy to get to them.
Ive heard there a water pickup filter in the foot. My wanna check that too. I had a evenrude that took a poop on me last week due to a failed thermostat only 50 hrs on the motor destroyed the engine. Just bought a brand new boat with a 6o hp mercury and it will get a thermostat every year.
Sorry to hear that about your Evenrude.
Did you replace the seals on the upper / breather screws in the lower unit housing? Is it better to remove both of the screws when changing the gear oil? Thanks for such a great video!
@dwainlsmith Thanks for the kind words. I did not replace any seals on the lower unit screws. When draining the lower unit gear oil, it’s best to remove the bottom screw first and then the top screw which then allows the pressure to release allowing the oil to drain out. In essence you are removing both screws but after the gear oil is pumped back in you replace them one at a time. I hope that answers your question.
At 25:58 - “It’s got some play, and that’s good.” How much and why is play good? Sorry, this is a Great video but that stood out.
@mistrcrvr I shouldn’t have used good but should have said normal. It has to do with the hub design on the spitfire props that requires the prop to have a tiny bit of play back and forth.
Great video! I have a question though. How do you see the hours on your engine? Or do you just everything annually?
@vincentnieto7792 I have VesselView mobile installed on the engine which shows all the engine data via an app on my iPhone. It’s a must have in my opinion.
Great vid. Does doing the service yourself void the factory warranty?
@@onthehill7690 I’m not 100% on this but it’s my understanding that if you keep your receipts and keep a record of the maintenance you performed then your warranty is still good.
Very good video. I do have a question though. Do you have to change the in inline fuel filter? That one is hard to get to. And if it is not required to change on the annual, then how often is it recommended to change? Thanks in advance.
@hifivingstarfish6885 I’m glad you brought this up and based on your question, I will put a video out very soon covering this. Although Mercury does not provide clear guidance on the in line fuel filter, it should technically be replaced at the 100 hour or annually whichever comes first. With that said, I would say that a lot of folks (myself included) don’t change them out as often as we should.
I was told at BP that don’t use regular zip ties they have them for Marine engines
@henryrobinson6958 I appreciate the info. I assume you’re referring to the ties I used to attach my vessel view. They have been on there for over 2 years and show no signs of any heat damage. 🤷♂️
Thank you for this video. What kind of grease did you install in the zert fittings?
@davidvick1078 Quicksilver Marine 2-4-C with PTFE.
@@RFishingtx Wow, that was a quick response!! Again thank you for the video. I especially appreciated the information on the thermostat as I was unaware of the maintenance procedure. You have most definitely earned my subscription and I look forward to more videos from you
26:15 use a pair of channel locks, makes life easier
Thanks!
1:20 That's a bazaar spec! Both oils cover the same temperature ranges, but are of a very different viscosity! What about 15w-40? LOL
@Hubjeep You’re absolutely right. Labeled as covering the same temps but one is better for Hot weather ops and one is better at cold weather ops. 🤷♂️
What size pump did you use for the lower unit ?
@ryanullan6852 Here is a link:
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Why would you not for the gear oil fill it from the top bolt that was removed? So then you wouldn’t have to quickly reattach the bottom bolt.
You fill from the bottom in order to push the air in there out. If you were to fill from the top, then you wouldn’t get that air out and the lower unit would not be full of oil like it’s supposed to be.
@@RFishingtx Thank you, excellent video!
Should the engine/oil be warm when draining it?
@rma1494 Not that I’m aware of.
do u need to change the oil filter every year?
@captainhidsight every year or 100 hours whichever comes first.
Can a 50 Yamaha oil filter fit a ho mercury?
I’m not sure. I have heard they are interchangeable but I’m not certain. If they are and something happened the warranty may be void.
What about spark plugs
I checked them but didn’t record video of it. It will be part of my 3 year maintenance video when I change the impeller as well as the spark plugs coming up later this summer.
bravo, thank you very much, the service is a scam and a bad thing with a lot of money and wasted time.
Thanks for checking the video out!
It also looks like you missed your high pressure fuel filter
That’s on another video.
Isn’t there a second fuel filter on that motor?
@kevinwright1152 The maintenance manual only calls for the changing of the low pressure fuel filter. After you brought this question up, I looked to see if there is another filter on maybe the high pressure side but couldn’t find anything. I know the higher horse power motors do have multiple filters but not sure this one does.
@@RFishingtx The second fuel filter is below the oil filter and aft about 5 inches. It is coverd by a rubber sleeve and you can't see it unless you pull away the black sleeve. Once you pull the sleeve, you'll see the while fuel filter.
That oil filter was on way too tight period
All that and didn’t fire it up
Check out the next video. I run the motor and check for leaks etc.