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I didn’t realize there were different size jets when I broke my carb down for rebuild. The 2 barrel mercarb TKS goes on a 5.0 Mercruiser. Does anyone know which ones goes where?
My boat starts and idles great but when I get up to 1200-1400rpm it it Boggs down. It’s a 2006 Mercruiser 5.0 MCM. I’ve sprayed a mist of fuel into carburetor intake and nothing happens so I’m thinking it’s in the ignition system. I’ve put new plugs/wires cap and rotor. Looking at the coil, I...
I have a 5.0 and it starts and idles perfect but when I throttle up it bggs down. I recently put new gaskets on the carb. Is it possible I knocked my float level off causing a fuel starvation issue?
I recently had problems starting my Mercruiser 5.0 carbureted. While troubleshooting and lots of failed startup I finally found the problem. Bad shift interrupter. Boat starts and runs good, but oil pressure goes to over 65 after a few minutes.Then it sputters and won’t go over 2k rpm. I checked...
