natsgrampy
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Aug 31, 2010
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Have an 87 sea ray with a mercruiser 3.0 sterndrive.
When it is started cold, it rattles, shakes, and even stalls unless the throttle is increased. Once it is warmed up, it idles fine.
I pulled a sparkplug, which was installed new at the beginning of the season, and it was black.
I tried to find a thread about a black plug and couldn't. Could this be the points, condenser, distributor cap, wires, all of the above. Or, am I looking in the
wrong area?
Could it be an incorrect adjusted carbeurator?
Also, I have installed a water seperator filter, which this never had before. Should I remove the filter out of the fuel pump, or leave it in there?
When it is started cold, it rattles, shakes, and even stalls unless the throttle is increased. Once it is warmed up, it idles fine.
I pulled a sparkplug, which was installed new at the beginning of the season, and it was black.
I tried to find a thread about a black plug and couldn't. Could this be the points, condenser, distributor cap, wires, all of the above. Or, am I looking in the
wrong area?
Could it be an incorrect adjusted carbeurator?
Also, I have installed a water seperator filter, which this never had before. Should I remove the filter out of the fuel pump, or leave it in there?