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1999 2100i with Mercruiser 350 MAG MPI Ski Tow Sports engine and Velvet Drive Transmission. Boat starts right up and idles smoothly. Accelerates great and gets on plane easily. However, when putting throttle to full the engine will take off with full power but in a minute or two will start to...
I have a 1990 Mercruiser 5/0LX, std. (raw water) cooling, that is having temp problems, currently running too cold (~110 deg) all the time.
History:
1996-2006: Boat ran great, temp always read ~160 deg solid (brackish waters of upper Chesapeake Bay w/fresh water flush end of each day)...
I had to pull my lift-kept 1990 Merc 5.0LX/Alpha1 this spring to replace a leaking gas tank (which may have have been hastened by water leaking into the bilge (while running?) over several low-hour seasons in the brakish waters of the upper Chesapeake Bay). While the engine was out, I also...
