Mercruiser Distributor Sensor Failure

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Mercruiser distributor sensor failure.

I have a 3rd cap now with the same problems. Quicksilver distributor sensor 892150q02 thunderbolt for v 6 and v 8 mercruiser engines 5 0l 5 7l gm sbc marine voyager ignition kit. Remove the main coil lead from the center of the distributor cap and install the spark tester. Replaced the distributor cap with a new mercruiser cap and had same issue again 2nd time out.

Key to on and strike the white green lead to ground. Remove the white green lead from the dist. Find distributor assemblies components including module sensors pick up coils pole pieces for your mercruiser stern drive using the application chart from the mercury quicksilver catalog. If you have no spark there are several things which can be at fault.

Make sure the other end of the tester is attached to a good clean ground. If you own a late model mercruiser engine in your boat you re almost guaranteed to run into one of these common problems. We are all experiencing similar problems. If there is spark replace the ignition sensor in the dist.

Crank the engine and check for spark. My mechanic has been buying his parts from kellogg wholesale marine in ct.