Merc 800 SC good or bad?
#1
Commercial Member
Commercial Member
Thread Starter
Merc 800 SC good or bad?
any opinions on the older merc 800's? How many hours before rebuild? Reliability? Performance?
Thanks!
Thanks!
#5
Registered
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Mentor , Ohio
Posts: 429
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
What did you find that has the 800's ?????
#6
Gold Member
Gold Member
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Fairport,NY
Posts: 747
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Slingshot was built with 800SC's. At 200 hours they were rebuilt by Sterling. Since then, I've put 150 hours on them with absolutely no problems. They're set up fat so they tend to load up the plugs with the stock TB ignition in the no wake area I have to motor through. Truth be known,I've never put a timing light on them or had a valve cover off. I tweaked the idle on one last year and once had a power steering pump loosen up to the point where it snapped the stud on the back of the pump housing about five years ago. Lots of plugs,Mobil 1 15w-50 and oil filters has been it. Last year,I removed the oil filler caps and ran my finger under the top of the valve cover looking for sludge or condensation-absolutely nothing. Sterling suggested I call them at 200 hours for a top-end redo. The motors and SSMV's have been bulletproof. The weakest link is the transmissions. For what it's worth....
#10