1988 Mercury 115 will not throttle up
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Two summers my boat did not get put in the water.I started it up seemed to run fine until I brought it to the Lake,it idles fine but when you throttle it up it dies out.Brought home took all the old gas out put in fresh gas same problem.I then took it to a boat shop they tore down all the carbs and cleaned them.These carbs were rebuilt 3 summers ago by a mercury dealer.I also had all hoses and primer ball replaced by the dealer.Put it back in the Lake same thing happens.I then played with primer ball I noticed the ball did not stay hard
so I purchased a new one intalled it same problem.Once I start to throttle up the engine will start to die I will hit the choke and sometimes it gets me past the dead spot,once I get past that spot it runs very strong. I also rebuilt fuel pump,I then took it back to the lake it ran perfect, better then it has ran for a long time.I thought my problems were fixed.A couple days later I took it out again it started the same problem over again. The only thing I did was gas it up. Anybody with any ideas that I can try?
Confused in Vermont
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Two summers my boat did not get put in the water.I started it up seemed to run fine until I brought it to the Lake,it idles fine but when you throttle it up it dies out.Brought home took all the old gas out put in fresh gas same problem.I then took it to a boat shop they tore down all the carbs and cleaned them.These carbs were rebuilt 3 summers ago by a mercury dealer.I also had all hoses and primer ball replaced by the dealer.Put it back in the Lake same thing happens.I then played with primer ball I noticed the ball did not stay hard
so I purchased a new one intalled it same problem.Once I start to throttle up the engine will start to die I will hit the choke and sometimes it gets me past the dead spot,once I get past that spot it runs very strong. I also rebuilt fuel pump,I then took it back to the lake it ran perfect, better then it has ran for a long time.I thought my problems were fixed.A couple days later I took it out again it started the same problem over again. The only thing I did was gas it up. Anybody with any ideas that I can try?
Confused in Vermont
