2013 xcursion with a 150 merc.tried everything,lower engine,change props.put on a whale tale,even put on a jack plate to lower it more.
come to find out I was missing a 2dollar and 10 cent plastic washer/grommet that goes between the lower hub area and the prop.makes tons of sense,keeps the exhaust gas from escaping around the prop huband going thru the middle of prop as designed.
hope this helps anyone.
since I put this on not 1 bit of cavitation
Fixed My Cavitation problem
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Fixed My Cavitation problem
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2014 Excursion x23c
150 merc
150 merc
Re: Fixed My Cavitation problem
Congrats on finding your issue... Good catch... a 2 dollar part... enough to make you pull your hair out..
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Yamaha 75 4 Stroke
Shreveport, Louisiana
2010 Bennington 20 Sfi
Yamaha 75 4 Stroke
Shreveport, Louisiana
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Re: Fixed My Cavitation problem
Good catch! How did you figure that out? And next question, what happened to the factory one? Was it just missing from the get go? This is going into my "Must Remember" file. Nice find!!!
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Re: Fixed My Cavitation problem
Never seen an outboard with a plastic ring there? I've seen some plastic rings that clip on small bore props so they can be used on large bore cases before to prevent that issue.
1988' Kennedy 20' "Haley's Comet"
Rebuilt 2016 with 25" single strake outer tubes and a 25x23" straked U-tube
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Rebuilt 2016 with 25" single strake outer tubes and a 25x23" straked U-tube
2003 Suzuki DF140 - Yamaha 9.9HT kicker - 39.1@6300rpm