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1999 4.3 mercruiser. was running on the river at 4000 rpms. ran great until it backfired,sputtered and died. could not get it to re fire.removed all the lime green gas. changed the filter and added 5 gallons of new gas. wouldn't start. tried starting fluid and it tried to start but backfired and...