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Old June 8th, 2008, 09:18 AM
Zahnimal Zahnimal is offline
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Angry Starting problem 40HP Mercury 2 stroke

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I had the boat out yesterday and it ran fine til the end of the day. I was going at low speed abut 2000 rpms when the engine just quit. Tried starting and it would'nt. So I let it sit for about 20 mins, and the only way it would start was to hold the choke at
full throttle after several attempts. I got it back to the dock and pulled the carberator
bowls off to see if they where dirty or the floats were stuck. They looked clean, so reassembled and it started up fine. Then I shut it off and had the same problem. I have a new water seperator filter, gas filter and last year rebuilt the fuel pump. Also after I got it started I took it out for a run and if I openened it up to full throttle it started to bog down.
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Old June 18th, 2008, 10:40 PM
kskomro kskomro is offline
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Default Re: Starting problem 40HP Mercury 2 stroke

I have the same problem, What did you find?
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Old October 5th, 2009, 01:57 AM
lilznboi lilznboi is offline
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Smile Re: Starting problem 40HP Mercury 2 stroke

I think i had the same problem once. I had go and tear down the carb and fully clean it from top to bottom inside out. Got new spark plug for it, and it should start right up, but i'm not gauranteed for it to start. It work for me, maybe for yours too. Try it, it never hurt.
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