525 Header Failure??
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Just remember, the OEM Headers from Mercury are not the same material and specification as the CMI Headers from your CMI Dealer or Distributor.
Unfortunately we can't even sell you 525 Headers. Mercury Dealer part only!!
Unfortunately we can't even sell you 525 Headers. Mercury Dealer part only!!
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Has anyone thougth about getting a company like JETHOT to coat the inside of the headers. The aviation reference got me thinking about it. For those not familiar, they basically apply a ceramic coating to the inside. They do alot with exhaust manifolds for aircraft engines, they say for better heat disipation. Seems to me like this would prevent salt water from ever touching the metal in the first place.
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This is Dan's dad.
Welcome to the CMI club!!!!
I work in aerospace and am fixng CMI headers all the time.
Unlike CMI, we don't let tubes fail at 40,000 feet!
I think we all expected more when we finally had enough money to buy a boat with stainless steel headers!
Right gang!?
Thank goodness for TIG welding!!!!
Welcome to the CMI club!!!!
I work in aerospace and am fixng CMI headers all the time.
Unlike CMI, we don't let tubes fail at 40,000 feet!
I think we all expected more when we finally had enough money to buy a boat with stainless steel headers!
Right gang!?
Thank goodness for TIG welding!!!!
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So is anyone seeing the failure of the headers being terminal to the engine itself due to water ingestion, or can the failure be caught far enough in advance to not nuke the motor?
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If you have a RInda or Merc laptop program there is a cylinder balance test, I caught weak rear cylinders (7 or 8) due to the leaks, however the engines were due for refresh so I don't know how much longer they would have lasted.