Ok Took the boat out for the first time today! (1975 Tropicana 18' trihull w/ merc 120 sterndrive)<br /><br />Starts fine put it Reverse back away from the dock ... Go forward on idle... Dies after a few min... <br />All day Starts .. Give it gas Dies.. sometimes it would run at about 6 mph for about 2 min then die<br /><br />could hammer the throttle would pull up on plane and die in 10 seconds<br /><br />When in netural I start playing with the Lever behind the Throttle the goes up and forward(I was told it was the "fast idle choke" I could get to RPM 3-4000 at idle <br /><br />But would let idle come down to where is would shift and would run about 10-15 second and die! <br /><br />Then it even got to where it was hard to idle...<br />But it just kept on starting up....<br /><br />Previous owner told me he got the boat had bad gas.. he got it all out ..<br />Put in new Fuel pump and line (from tank to pump)<br />But it would still dies a WOT! <br />Said it would go all day at 3/4 ! Yea right<br /><br />The throttle seems strange to me! I have to push it almost all the way forward to where it is at a 90 deg angle(fully pointed forward) before it engages gear <br /><br /><br />Please help ! We plan on going out next weekend <br /><br />PS ! The damn thing runs fine in the Driveway 
