I have a 1976 mercury 9.8 outboard and there is a little bit of tiny metal flakes all over the power head?

Question

where is this coming from? the boat moter runs great but where is the metal flakes coming from also the motor is not a electric start

Answer 1

Under the flywheel sounds like a charge coil may be lose or something is rubbing the flywheel> don't run it till you find out what happened or the $ will go up>