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Old 06-02-2015 | 05:10 PM
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I know every darn SB that Mercruiser put out in the last 40 years

A possible good read for whomever

http://www.marinemechanic.com/merc/d...umptesting.PDF
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Old 06-02-2015 | 05:21 PM
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and another good read for whomever

http://www.boatfix.com/merc/Bullet/99/99_07.pdf
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Old 06-02-2015 | 05:42 PM
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Pretty close description of a partially clogged clogged ca t ! LOL.

Get ready for this to happen soon....on these forums.
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Old 06-02-2015 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 33outlawsst
what Im saying is put a gauge on it and watch it as it starts surging, is that what you did, it has the smell of vapor lock to me, u turn it off, cools down, runs fine, till it heats back up, or did I miss something
Yeah, If I back the throttles down to 2500rpm it runs fine and will bot miss a beat. Bring it back up and it starts surging.
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Old 06-02-2015 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Kaama302
Fuel Pressure is good and has been tested.

Biggus suggested it could be the pickup coil in the distributor.
They burn up about 100 hours and dayum shore do act like it's a "fuel problem" when they fail. Biggus is on to something. Check it.
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