"Jim" wrote in message news:lCsNa.39892$fG.23487@sccrnsc01...
My worst 4th of July ever!!

I have a '97 Ranger boat with a 150hp Mercury with Oil injection.

Very closely inspect the oil reservoir on top of your engine. Often
they develop cracks in the cap, etc. and the pressure blows oil out of
it.

Ron M.