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    Two yr. Head scratcher, need help

    Thanks for all your responses and all your help. Seems like when you get a rebuild kit for your fuel pump. You just get the gaskets and the diaphragm ,there are two check valves in there. They’ve always told me oh no, just put those back in just put those back in this time I said no give me two...
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    Two yr. Head scratcher, need help

    That sounds entirely possible. I had a friend help me put in the final touches on my boat about a year ago and it has makes Yeah sense lol lol I’ll double check that thank you If I find the problem, I’ll let everybody know. Thanks again again.
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    Two yr. Head scratcher, need help

    You’re so right you fix one thing on it and something else screws up but I’ll double check the float levels again thank you for your response
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    Two yr. Head scratcher, need help

    You would think so. mine don’t have a choke. It has an en richer but that’s what it acts like act like the jokes on it but it starts too easy when it’s cold and it’s hot but I’ll double check that thank you for your response.
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    Two yr. Head scratcher, need help

    I have been chasing an issue with my 89 Mercury mariner 150 for 2 years . It starts up and idles perfectly but when you give it throttle it stalls like it’s out of gas.it has been completely rebuilt including pistons and rings.I have taken it to small shops around here paid money nobody could...
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    89 150 mariner lost top end replaced burnt rectifier ran ok for ten minutes and then lost top again , but rectifier looks ok

    I can only run with water muffs right now , but it runs the same thanks would a bad stator cause the condition I described? Thanks
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    89 150 mariner lost top end replaced burnt rectifier ran ok for ten minutes and then lost top again , but rectifier looks ok

    W which one would cause the motor to lose top in power. It all started after the fuse blew to the rectifier I replace a rectifier and it ran pretty good about 10 minutes and then lost top in again. Would you think rectifier or stator ? Thank you
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    89 150 mariner lost top end replaced burnt rectifier ran ok for ten minutes and then lost top again , but rectifier looks ok

    Thank very much for your time and response,if I disconnect the stator wires , will the engine then rev up, what will this tel me if it runs ok ? Stator or rectifier? And I just rebuilt the motor last year , got good compression and I do mix my gas and oil, Ithanks again for your response
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    89 150 mariner lost top end replaced burnt rectifier ran ok for ten minutes and then lost top again , but rectifier looks ok

    I had issues on this motor and ran a post and got a lot of help. Got sick was not able to go out and double checking to see if what I tried had worked ,appreciate all the help, I did notice I had a burnt rectifier. It melted on the hot wire coming in when all this started my temp gauge shorted...
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    Had some health issues. Haven’t been able to look at the boat for a while ,today and was...

    Had some health issues. Haven’t been able to look at the boat for a while ,today and was checking in where the fuse that blew out and traced it to the rectifier and under the cap the rectify was melted, so replace rectifier seem to solve the problem. Thank you very much for your help.
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    Fuse blows between CDI pack , replace fuse but now engine bogs and slowly picks up speed

    Thank you for all your help , had some health issues, so I haven’t been able to look at it for a while, but looking today I found where the fuse blew out. The rectifier was melted to so replace rectifier and things seem fine. Thank you very much.
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    Fuse blows between CDI pack , replace fuse but now engine bogs and slowly picks up speed

    I Thank you , hope it only the rectifier, will that cause a loss of top end power? A bad rectifier, thanks again
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    Fuse blows between CDI pack , replace fuse but now engine bogs and slowly picks up speed

    I know the fuse has nothing to do with how in runs, but I think the power sure that blew the fuse shorted something out Thank you , I think I might have damaged the high in coil on the stator , or maybe the trigger, something was damaged when things shorted out , guess when I can I’ll get my...
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