One of the most common questions we are asked is, what's the difference between Quicksilver and Mercury? In a nutshell, nothing.

QUICKSILVER HISTORY

 

 

 

BAM Marine was one of the lucky dealers to be invited to the preview and product training session on Mercury's unveiling of the new 175, 200 and 225 HP fourstroke V6 outboard motor held on February 14th, at the Doubletree Biscayne hotel in Miami.

Mercury Racing Propeller Numbers to be Discontinued

Mercury Racing has released a list of racing propeller part numbers that will soon be NLA (no longer available). 

Mercury Racing has introduced several new propeller models that have seen unprecedented demand such as the new Bravo One derivatives, the Revolution 4 XP, MAX 5 and CNC Cleaver props. In order to keep up with demand they must eliminate part numbers and propeller families where demand has declined due to product changes in the marketplace and/or migration to other propeller models. 

The props that will not be made anymore are here. They will stop production of these racing propellers on December 15th, 2017. If you would like to order any of these props, please order before December 8th to ensure you get the prop you need. Shop for propellers at discounted prices here.

 

We also receive calls from people who are confused because the number on the Mercury part is different from the part number they received after they ordered from our site.....

what is the benefit of owning a Mercury prop?

BAM Marine | Ultrasonic Fuel Injector Cleaning

 

Did you know that BAM Marine, the parent company of mercruiserparts.com, offers ultrasonic fuel injector cleaning?

What's so great about fuel injector cleaning? 

Additives and foreign matter can easily sneak into your fuel supply. The injectors can eventually become clogged or even plugged by the additives and foreign matter in your fuel supply.  The ethanol in the new fuel blends makes this problem even worse.

Todays marine and automotive engines use sophisticated fuel injection to improve performance, reliability and economy. Ultrasonic cleaning and testing will help maintain the benefits of fuel injection that you have paid for. 

What is the process?

The process starts with our technicians visually inspecting, cleaning and numbering your injectors. They are then placed on our digital flow tester and checked for resistance and shorts. 

Once the electrical test is done, the injectors are pressurized and checked for leaks. The next step is a visual test for spray pattern and the measurement of flow at various RPM and pulse width. 

After the first round of tests, the injectors are placed in an ultrasonic cleaner with a special heated solution. They are still hooked up to the electronics in the tester and fired repeatedly for 45 minutes. This loosens varnish and deposits that have accumulated in preparation for the reverse flush.

Next, the injector is pressurized in (reverse this time) and fired. This flushes out all the junk that was loosened up in the cleaning step!

Lastly, the o-rings and filter screens are replaced and the injector is tested again. All tests are documented both before and after. The documentation is really helpful when you are troubleshooting an engine problem.

The injectors are returned to you clean and ready to go. The difference in engine performance can be amazing!

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I am happy to say our site has been live for 5 days and so far nothing fatal has gone wrong.

We do see some issues with the shipping choices on small orders and we hope to have that fixed soon.

For our existing customers, as you have noticed you cannot find orders from our old sytem. We hope to have them imported soon. In the mean time please do not hesitate to contact us!

We are also "all ears" to any other comments or suggestions.

 

Moving on - 

For those of you not lucky enough to live in the temperate parts of the world Spring Commisioning time is almost here. We will be adding some tech hints and special deals soon to make this easier for you!

 

After many false starts and a lot of work our all new MercruiserParts.com is finally here!

Or old site has served us well since 2001, but it is finaly time to move to an alll new platform. We have done a lot of testing but I am sure some things have slipped through the cracks. So if you run into any quirks, please be patient as we fix them. Just let us know what they are.

We have many new features and enhancements. One of the first many of you will notice is our site is now mobile friendly. Here is a list of some of our other new features -

• A really good global search, it will find just about anything on the site
• Serial number lookup - this is MAJOR!! Now you can go directly to the correct lookup page without hunting through all the categories. Contact us if you need help finding or using your serial number
• Quick order - for those of you that already have your part numbers, now you can quickly order all at once. 
• Special deals - speaks for itself. Check this category for our overstock & other items
• Also BIG NEWS - we now have live stock status to tell you when your parts will ship!

 

This is just a start, I will  update soon!

 

Marc Berman