Postletown
Cadet
- Joined
- May 7, 2013
- Messages
- 13
Hey Everyone, This is my first post in a long time but I've read this website for a while and its really helpful. I'm having a problem with my 7.5 mercury, I think it's from the 70's? Anyway, sometimes the motor will run great. It will idle, go into gear and back to idle just fine for a long time. Other times, it will start up and shut down at idle or when I try to go into gear. I recently replaced the fuel line and tank to eliminate that possibility. The other important bit of info is that the foam on the cover has been severely deteriorating and getting all over the inside of the motor (I've recently cleaned it up the best I could and took all of the remaining foam off. My thought is that the tiny pieces of foam have been clogging the carb. I am not very experienced at working with motors, but I'm learning as I go. Does this sound like a carb jet issue? Thanks in advance!