richbonnie220
Cadet
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- Oct 17, 2014
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I have an 87 Mercury 115 inline 6 and can't seem to get it to run longer than 5 seconds when stone cold, has been setting a few hours,TURN the key to on,hear the click,crank a few seconds and it sputters to about 1100 rpm then dies (yes,I squeezed the primer bulb till hard at beginning )hand throttle out of gear,try again,and it will catch a little like it wants to start,does this a few times usually kicking the starter out,then it will just crank and do nothing,but kill the battery.Tried this with my truck hooked to the battery with jumper cables and same thing.tried squeezing primer bulb in between cranking and bulb has little to no resistance.The thing is that it ran good for about 5 minutes 2 weeks ago on the muffs,(haven't put the boat in the water yet)in fact i started it twice in 10 minutes then and took a video of it on my iphone.the only reason it stopped was cause i shut it off.So,after that i started buying stuff for the boat,like a new tach,the old one was stuck at 5000,and added a fuel/water separator, a new primer bulb,clear fuel line and gear clamps on all connections.If it was sucking air,i think i would be able to see it.All new crossfire plugs (those were on it before) I tested the enricher by removing the hose on the bottom and turning on the key,fuel comes out in a stream.The key says push to choke but cant push it in,took the remote off and saw the ignition had been replaced by PO,but was wired correctly.just no push to choke feature.I will add a push button for this later.
The only thing is i havent changed out the fuel because it ran fine on it a few weeks ago.
If i stick a screwdriver into one of the carb throats to open the venturi plates it started right up but races so i shut it off before i damaged the engine
I have a limited knowledge of these engines and have scoured the forums for this problem to no avail.Im
The only thing is i havent changed out the fuel because it ran fine on it a few weeks ago.
If i stick a screwdriver into one of the carb throats to open the venturi plates it started right up but races so i shut it off before i damaged the engine
I have a limited knowledge of these engines and have scoured the forums for this problem to no avail.Im