Mercruiser outboard "freespins"

magicpontoon

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Hello anyonethere . I have a 1990 mercruiser alpha one.gm 350. In havasu this weekend and on the trip way in from running all day I started having problems in take off.going from idle to 2k rpm no problems.but when I give more gas past that its seems like theres no thrust and.the boat slows down.before 2k it seems fine but loses as soon as I start to power up. any ideas
 

RogersJetboat454

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Re: Mercruiser outboard "freespins"

Hello anyonethere . I have a 1990 mercruiser alpha one.gm 350. In havasu this weekend and on the trip way in from running all day I started having problems in take off.going from idle to 2k rpm no problems.but when I give more gas past that its seems like theres no thrust and.the boat slows down.before 2k it seems fine but loses as soon as I start to power up. any ideas

Sounds like you should start by checking to see if you have a spun hub in your prop.
 
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