1992 mercury 115 ***boating newbie***

kittyandfoot

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Hello,

Brand new to boating and could use some help. Have a 1992 Mercury 115. Has clean fuel, new plugs, new fuel filter. Have adjusted the idle, to what should run good. Runs fine with the garden house, runs about 5 mins before I turn it off. Able to throttle up forward and reverse. As soon as I put it in the river, doesn't idle long. Was able to get in gear for about 100-200 yards then motor dies out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

Dave1027

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Re: 1992 mercury 115 ***boating newbie***

What rpm does it idle at in gear? Mine idles about 600 in gear (maybe as low as 500 if cold) and about 800 in neutral.
 

kittyandfoot

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Re: 1992 mercury 115 ***boating newbie***

Not really sure, the RPM gauge works-ish. When I have seen it work, in idle I am about 800-1000 as low as 600 in idle.
 
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