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Old 08-12-2015 | 12:03 PM
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Default my brothers 525 sc . get to 3500 and just spit and spatter

any thoughts ..ive got him to this thread lets see if we can help him out .. i think fuel delivery myself .. thanks guys
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Old 08-12-2015 | 12:32 PM
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Old 08-12-2015 | 03:03 PM
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They are fairly simple engines. Start with the basic ignition tuneup and go from there.
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Old 08-12-2015 | 04:49 PM
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Coil, or coil wire. The coil wire works 8 times as hard as the rest of them. Its all a guess from here
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Old 08-12-2015 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER
Coil, or coil wire. The coil wire works 8 times as hard as the rest of them. Its all a guess from here
thanks and darn it , when you putting them blowers on . )))
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thanks and darn it , when you putting them blowers on . )))
We need to talk about that !
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whats the fuel pressure when starts going away ?
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Old 08-13-2015 | 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by ezstriper
whats the fuel pressure when starts going away ?
I had the same problem. Fuel pump was going bad Ethanol ate it up. Ran fine at idle and up but when secondary's opened up it would cough and die. Pump pressure went to 2 on the gauge from 7
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Old 08-13-2015 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER
We need to talk about that !
yes we do ...
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Old 08-14-2015 | 06:14 AM
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had a friend with same engine, the water pump leaked the fluid out, wore the are down bad on fuel pump, would only make about 2500, but you could see fuel pressure go away...expensive pump by the way...I hate mercs pump setup...
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