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    1987 force 50hp wot running problems

    My engine seems to idle fine and run fine at low speeds but when I start opening it up. I get a stuttering feel (slight jerk) like it slips when running at higher speeds. It does it about every minute or so when running wot. And then at wot it revs real high like it popped out. I've had a spun...
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    1987 50hp motor running problem

    I have a question to you motor guru's out there. About a month ago I broke the exhaust snout on the motor, the motor would run when throttled up in forward then at a certain point would just seem to pop out of gear and just rev real high. I bought a new exhaust snout and it seemed to fix the...
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    oil mixture ratio

    I have a 1972 40hp mercury serial #3345918 what is the oil mixture ratio
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    what year cont.

    it is a mercury 40 hp I don't know the model.
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    what year is this motor?

    i got a motor from a friend want to find out what year it is. It is a 40hp serial # 3345918
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    fuel pump

    Hey, guys and gals I need to replace a fuel pump for a 1968 evinrude 9.5, does anyone know where I could get my hands on one. Better yet a fuel pump kit.
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    9.9 evinrude loss of power

    I have an evinrude 9.9 I think it is a 67 model. Here's my question I've ran it in a barrel with the motor cover off but as soon as I put the cover on it seems to loose power or the higher rpms. I did'nt know if this was normal it seems to have some type of vents by the choke to let air pass...
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    50 hp w/ white smoke.

    I ran my boat over the weekend everything seem to run very well for the exception of white smoke coming out, it seems to be coming out with the water from the water pump. Being a rookie at this its the hole towards the top but below the motor itself. Its an 87 and I know that it is supposed...
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    87 50 hp Force overheat buzzer

    I have made a previous post on a water pump issue. I had overheated my engine because the impeller drive pin broke. I have gotten everything fixed. And my motor seems to be running good in the barrel. But after reading some other posts on overheat buzzers. I curious to see if I had one. And...
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    87 force 50hp motor waterpump issues

    I bought this motor and when I ran it for the first time on the lake the waterpump went out, my engine quit running, it was smoking and I had paint blistering on the lower cylinder. That was just my luck!! I thought of the worst scenerio, pistons are gone,cylinders are burned. Turned out that...
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