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1998 Tracker by Mercury - 40 HP
Symptoms - I can get the boat (16.5' Tracker) up on-step and running at a steady 4,000 RPM's. It seems smooth through acceleration but can only maintain RPM's for approx 45 seconds then it starts to drop-off. It seems to settle at about 3000-3100 RPM's but...