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I bought a Mercury 2.5HP 4-stroke off Craigslist for my son's inflatable. The guy sent me video (while speaking the date) of the motor running before I bought it. Ever since I got it home it won't run past idle. It will idle for an hour (literally) without a hiccup, but if you try to rev past...
I just bought a used 2.5HP model from 2012 and I'm having an issue where the motor will start (a little reluctantly) and can maintain idle, but it won't let me rev it at all. When I advance the throttle it runs very slightly faster and a lot rougher. Sometimes it just dies. This happens in...
