'89 merc 4.3 alpha boggin down

sham

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Please help! We have an '89 Rinker with a Mercruiser 4.3 Alpha-One that boggs down (looses power bad) seriously when warmed up and half throttle. We know we had water in the trim lines and recently had a whole new trim put on and the lines cleaned. We've put $1500 in this boat this summer and it's an 89 Rinker - we love it - it's in good shape but it keeps bogging down (loosing power). If we change the plugs and distributor - would that help or should we do something else? I don't know how much more money we want to keep putting in this boat! HELP!!!:confused:
 
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Don S

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Re: '89 merc 4.3 alpha plug change?

Re: '89 merc 4.3 alpha plug change?

Could you explain "Bogging down" in a bit more detail. That term gets used for so many things it makes it a worthless word.
Just describe exactly what is happening.
 

sham

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Re: '89 merc 4.3 alpha plug change?

Re: '89 merc 4.3 alpha plug change?

Sure - sorry --- it looses power dramatically and we can completely open the throttle and it just barley goes ... it won't go any faster.
 
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