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I bought a new pontoon and Merc 150 Fourstroke about 2 months ago. She had been running fine until this weekend when all of a sudden it started to lose power and then a long alarm tone sounded. I shut it off, waited about 5 minutes, then started it up again and anything over "no-wake" speed...
Here are some pictures of my motor. I was out on the water with my 4 year old when the console beeped so I slowed down and noticed the engine was smoking. I quick threw my kid in another boat and took off the cowl, watching wires burn. I've included the pictures. Is this part of a recall...
I have a 2003 20' Sylvan pontoon with a Mercury 50HP Bigfoot. I get about 17MPH riding by myself and 14MPH with 10 people on board. The plate on my boat says that I can only upgrade as high as a 75HP. What benefits will I see from going to a 75? Any idea on what speed increase I will see?
For some reason my boat started reading around 7000 rpms at wide open throttle after driving for 5 minutes. It was fine all day until we started to head home after the boat was sitting for a few hours at the sandbar. After a short time WOT the alarm sounds and it slows down the motor...
