Exhaust Headers / 525 Mercury Racing Engines
10-30-2010 | 11:20 PM
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Here's another Merc /Brunswick saga that really pi$$ed me off to no end ... I bought a "new" 2001 boat (leftover, with < 25 hrs of demo time on the boat/engines) in May, 2005. I was 1st retail customer of the package: boat/engines/trailer. I sent the warranty cards in for the engines (a pair of 500EFI's) and got a "Dear John" letter from Merc Racing. I subseqently called them and asked WTF ( in a more polite manner, though) and they said the engines were now "non-current" engines and therefore would not honor their 1 year warranty to 1st retail owner .... was really "not happy", but what could I do? 
Fountain said "no problem, just send in your warranty card". Myco said the same thing, too ... "no problem, thank you for buying our product, if you need anything, let us know". Fortunately, I had no problems with anything in that package that I felt needed "warranty" coverage. Don't mean to hijack this header discussion, so back to their headers ....
Fountain said "no problem, just send in your warranty card". Myco said the same thing, too ... "no problem, thank you for buying our product, if you need anything, let us know". Fortunately, I had no problems with anything in that package that I felt needed "warranty" coverage. Don't mean to hijack this header discussion, so back to their headers ....
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10-31-2010 | 12:06 PM
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As far as I know, there were 2-3 years where there were problems. It was the first few years the 525 was produced. The headers that were a problem have the outer tube that goes all the way to the header flange. The later model ones that were supposed to be better, have the outer tube that stops short of the flange and tapers in and is welded to the inner tube instead of to the flange. Hope that helps clear it up.
Eddie
Eddie
10-31-2010 | 12:32 PM
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you got me thinking now on the bringk of buying to sets off Etop headers for my twin 496ho and a read n this post a they allso come apart and leak not as many but some?? i had made my mind up that the Etop were the ones i would buy not too sure now any one had problem with Etop 496 kit ???? paul England
10-31-2010 | 04:19 PM
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I just my CMI back to the factory last month. They had 200 hours on them. CMI will test, seal, repair (if they can) and polish them out for you if you give them $150 per side plus shipping. It is cheap insurance. They can fix problems if the are just starting to develop. I hightly recomend it every 200 for the first check and 100 after that.
They come back like this!
They come back like this!
11-01-2010 | 06:38 AM
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Rocker Doun - As you can see, you are just the latest in a long line of 525 customers to find yourself in this position. It's a shame there are so few inexpensive options...
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