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| Can anyone ID this noise?
When I start my 225 OPTI when its cold, I get a scraping, rattling noise while its in nuetral but the noise only lasts for 10 seconds or so. When I put it in gear the noise is gone, then I put it back in nuetral, I get the rattling noise again, but like I said it goes away. Once the motor is warmed up no more noise. If I let it sit for a while, the noise comes back for a few seconds. But there is no noise until I start shifting it in and out of gear, like we all do when we back up and drive away from our trailers.
I never heard the noise until November last year, then I forgot about it and when I started it this past weekend on the river it did it again.
I tried explaining it to a Merc dealer tech today and he had no idea, so I thought this site might be help me. I would hate to see the motor break down when I need it this summer.
Food for thought, is there any bearings that could be getting bad in nuetral? |
