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I just bought a boat with a 1980 88 hp Evinrude. I took it out for the first time about a month ago and it ran great with no problems. A few days ago, the second time I had it out, it would stall unless I moved the lever to high rpms. Every time I started to lower the rpms it would die. Any...
I have an early 80's 9.8 mercury outboard. The problem I'm having is it only goes to about 20% power. It sounds fine at first but once you reach a certain point on the throttle it revs real high and slows down and just keeps repeating this. I checked the prop multiple times to see if the hub...