I recently bought a 1993 - 24 Sea Ray Laguna with a 200 hp Mercury offshore OB with 500 hrs. Put the boat in on Sat and after a few cranks started right up. Ran at slow speed around creek with no problem and then headed out into the Rappahannock to fish for a bit. 2 hours later had trouble starting finally started but had to keep heavy throttle to keep from stalling. Every time I tried to back off on the throttle to get in gear it would stall. After about an hour was able to get it in gear and back to the dock. Next day started the engine and had same problems lots of exhaust and rpms up and down. I figure the boat had been sitting a while and could potentially be moisture in gas? Replace fuel separator and add stabilizer and idle for about a half an hour -it cleans up. Take boat for a run and all is well. No overheating, in and out of gear fine, idling smooth
run for about a half an hour and slow down to come into creek and
oil alarm goes off and engine sputters out. Any ideas? Could oil be old? Could screen in oil reservoir be clogged? Float stuck? OR is this something bigger? Will be heading back this weekend to try and resolve. Thanks for any feedback.
