Just got my 1977 Tiara 2000 with Mercruiser 898 alpha 1 from the shop and tested it out on a local lake. Everything seemed to work fine, but I had no steering whatsoever. It was locked, couldn't turn the wheel or the outdrive by hand. Steering was fine before I took into the shop which makes...
The evinrude was running pretty rough so I replaced the spark plugs and threw some sea foam in the gas tank. Seemed to work and was working great before it started even worse. Had it out on the water as a kicker engine was purring but then it coughed and stayed that way. It will start but...
Ok, so here's the deal. At the end of last year and the beginning of this year the 898 would run fine for about 45 minutes, it started to surge at higher rpms and then eventually cut out. It would start up no problem but would cut out again if you gave it throttle. Let it sit for an hour and...
