Reply To: 6hp Mercury Kiekhaefer outboard

[billw]

If it’s like the 7.5/9.8 engines, there is a small hole in the driveshaft housing, (“Exhaust housing,” if you’re an OMC guy) at about the level of the bottom of the shroud that covers the power head mounting studs. I forget which side of the engine. You can try to clear it with the red nozzle that comes with a can of WD-40 or similar, or blow compressed air up there. They are very, VERY prone to plugging up with corrosion. Sometimes you have to pull the power head off to clear it; but that’s a last-resort situation.

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