I have a 2003 Mercury 4 stroke 75 HP 4 cylinder carbureted outboard that until this year has worked without too many problems. I have not winterized as I have a lift and have been able to drop the boat and run the engine occasionally through the winter. I use STABIL for ethanol in my fuel...
I have purchased a replacement VRO 2 pump for the one that was on my motor. The one that I had on the motor was a 1985 vintage VRO pump with no wires. The old pump had a broken fuel outlit fitting and was unusable. The part number was 174425 which is not that important. The new pump is a...
After 2 seasons out of the water I decided to prepare my motor for fishing. First step, get the motor started. Found that my carbs were likely gunked up and decided to remove and clean and rebuild if necessary. Middle carb needle would not seat and was dumping raw gasoline out the intake (my...
Background: Motor is a 1990 V-6 150 Evinrude. Boat submerged at dock twice in past three years. Motor and boat recovered and ran at end of season year before last; been in driveway for a year and ran only once. Tilt trim ran fine last year but over the winter decided to stop working. I did...
I have not used my bass boat all season for reasons I will not reveal. :>( I occasionally check the tilt/trim to see if it is still working. No problem until this week-end! Batteries are on a maintenance charger and are fully charged. The relays both work (click) and voltage is getting to...
1990 V-6 XP-150 Evinrude -- Motor and boat sank 2 weeks ago but I was able to raise it and get it running for an hour or so the next weekend. I had to dump the oil reservoir and refilled with new oil and its full. I am running a heavy mix until I know VRO is operating and mixing oil...
I had just replaced the water pump and lube and was all ready for fishing when the east coast's Nor'easter drove water over my transom last evening and sank my Winner with 150 HP Evinrude! I have called my insurance company but would like to know my options based on experience with drying out...
I have a new kit for my 150 HP Evinrude water pump. I have searched the forum and have not found any specific information on how one installs the new impeller so the arms all point in the proper direction. My impeller is real stiff and does not want to cooperate. I can get several arms in...
I have a 1988 Evinrude 150hp which I have run for 2 seasons without a problem except for the replacement of a thermostat. I do not know the history of the impeller (water pressure has been good) but I am wanting to replace it this season. I am not too familiar with maintenance on outboards but...
I posted last week with a request for help on inoperative 35 amp regulator and rectifier. This week I have a different problem w/o solving last weeks! This week power started out fine for first run on the lake. Then the motor went to low rpm and ran rough with some backfiring occasionally. I...
I have a 1989 Evinrude V-6 150HP that I have run for about 20 hours since last July when I bought it. From yhe start the regulator was not working and therefore not charging the battery. I was reading in these forums that not having a regulator that is operating might be detrimental to the...
