xravensx89
Cadet
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- Sep 4, 2015
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have a mercury outboard 50hp 2001 been having all types of problems with the boat this year but feel like we are making progress with fixing the problems i really like to fix things on my own its always good to have that knowledge and trait but just to start beginning past couple of the years we have invested good amount of money in maintenance with the boat new sparks plugs new spark plug wires new fuel filter new water pump in the lower column was replaced this year but every time we go out something else seems to happened 3 weeks ago the boat would not exceed 3000 rpms i took the fuel filter off and noticed sludge was built up in the fuel filter with the mixture of gas cleaned the fuel filter out and that was fixed then i decided to clean the carburetors as well so i bought 3 carburetor kits and broke them down individually and cleaned them out new gaskets everything. took the boat out yesterday on the water for about 25 min the boat ran like it was brand new plaining running above 3000 rpms with no hesitation in the motor. then all of a sudden the motor started giving me problems sounded like it was spitting and never seen this before it was running at 3000 rpms at idle speed and going up and down in rpms also overheating with one solid beep the motor was really really hot hotter then normal like i said had water flow out the hole and a brand new water pump so i am confused on what it could be causing this issue as well i looked on previous forum and right now i am leaning in looking at the sensor under the oil tank like i said i know i am almost there with fixing this thing any help would be appreciated thanks !!!!
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