My mechanic has just finished up the installation of the new SE116 we purchased and I was getting ready to start the break in procedure. I hooked the boat up at the house before going into the water and ran it a little bit to see how it was doing before dropping it in the water.
The SE116 seems to make a kind of "Pah-Tink" type of noise on each revolution. It isn't very loud (probably can't be heard if the drive is in the water) but it concerns me. It changes with the speed of revolution as well. It almost sounds like something is either lose or bouncing around in the lower unit. The prop turns very smoothly though. Engaging FORWARD or REVERSE also seems much louder then with my old Merc Alpha 1 Gen II.
The SE116 seems to make a kind of "Pah-Tink" type of noise on each revolution. It isn't very loud (probably can't be heard if the drive is in the water) but it concerns me. It changes with the speed of revolution as well. It almost sounds like something is either lose or bouncing around in the lower unit. The prop turns very smoothly though. Engaging FORWARD or REVERSE also seems much louder then with my old Merc Alpha 1 Gen II.
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