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2003 mercury 115 elpto 2 stroke #11919754 11/06/16 06:13 PM
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Just bought the motor and boat. It has maybe 40 hrs on it. What matinance is required for that motor. I see people saying use ring free is this true ? Wanna keep this motor nice and strong. Thanks in advance

Re: 2003 mercury 115 elpto 2 stroke [Re: redneck74z71] #11919802 11/06/16 06:43 PM
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If you do a lot of idling that motor is gonna cause you some pain. Why?
It's 2+4 which means it idles on two and at around 1,800 rpm it kicks into four. The two lesser used cylinders will carbon up pretty quickly. So ring free and sea foam are going to be your new best friends.


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