SERVICE MANUAL NUMBER 26
MAINTENANCE
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Section 1B - Maintenance
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B
Table of Contents
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-2
Maintenance Intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-2
Scheduled Maintenance That Can
Changing Oil and Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-11
Priming Engines With Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-11
Tools Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-11
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-11
Power Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-12
Checking Fluid Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-12
Filling and Bleeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-13
Closed Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-14
Checking Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-14
Coolant for Closed Cooling System . . 1B-14
Flushing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-15
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-17
Throttle Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-17
Shift Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-18
Engine Coupler / U-Joint Shaft
Be Performed By Owner/Operator . . . 1B-2
Scheduled Maintenance That Should
Be Performed By A Dealer . . . . . . . . . . 1B-3
Engine and Tune-Up Specifications . . . . . . 1B-4
Fluid Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-5
Engine Rotation and Firing Order . . . . . . . . 1B-5
L.H. Rotation Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-5
20-Hour
Break-In Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-5
After Break-in Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-6
End of First Season Checkup . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-6
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-6
Fuel Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-6
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-6
Gasoline / Alcohol Blends . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-7
Effects of Gasoline / Alcohol Blends
Splines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-18
Cold Weather or Extended Storage . . . . . 1B-19
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-19
Power Package Layup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-20
Draining Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-21
Single Point Drain System . . . . . . . . . . 1B-21
Draining Seawater (Raw-Water)
Cooled Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-23
Draining Seawater Section of Closed
Cooled (Coolant) Models . . . . . . . . . . 1B-26
Recommissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-28
on Marine Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-7
Boat / Motor Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-8
Winter Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-8
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-8
Continuing Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-8
Test For Alcohol Content In Gasoline . . 1B-8
Crankcase Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-9
Overfilled Crankcase Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-9
Adding Crankcase Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B-10
Checking Engine Oil Level/Filling . . . . 1B-10
Index
90-861329--1
MARCH 1999
Page 1B-1
| Categories | Mercury MerCruiser Manuals |
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| Tags | Mercury MerCruiser 181 CID |
| Model Year | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
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