Engine fire

[Skools Out]

um i noticed you have your motor listed as 200 hp but that's a 225 motor. those are 225 carbs which makes your motor a 225. hope you bought the right carb bodies.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Skools Out

um i noticed you have your motor listed as 200 hp but that's a 225 motor. those are 225 carbs which makes your motor a 225. hope you bought the right carb bodies.

LOL.... Skools, I'd love it to be a 225, but alas, it's only a 200. Those are Type IV carbs, used on 200 and 225 V6's from 1986 forward and on 120 and 140 V4's from 1985 forward, according to my service manual. In all cases, I contacted the company that did the original rebuild of the motor, they looked up the serial number in their records and are the ones sending me the carbs.

It still doesn't explain how anyone could be so dumb as to make a carb body out of plastic. Talk about a fire hazzard! I'm ready to pull the engine and strap my 200 Merc on.

[Blue_Runner]

Good work Destroyer!

[Skools Out]

hate to tell ya but the 200 carbs were not the same those are 225 carbs. the 225 carbs have 3 screws in the butterflies and 200 carbs have 2 screws. unless your motor is an XP model which was actually a 225 in 200 skin.