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I have a 2000 mercury 40hp 2 stroke 2 cylinder electric start and power trim. very hard to start. when it does start it runs horrible and smokes really bad (more than usual)and only at about 3800 rpms tops with muffs on in the drive way and will not idle. Sometimes it hard at first to start and...
I have a 2000 40hp merc 2 stroke. sometimes i cant get it to start and sometimes it starts and dies only after a few seconds of running It will start right back up and run for a few more seconds. i can do this over and over. I have the hose hooked up to it now and its starting then dieing over...