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    mercury 1995 115 not kicking into secondary 2 cylinders

    ok. bought a merc 2+2 115 95. Engine was sitting for 3 years. Put it in the water and ran fine, just a bit of hesitation when hitting the second 2 cylinders. Then the boat sat for 1 week. I trailered it 20 miles and but back in the water and I had no power past 2K RPM. I pulled the carb's and...
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    Merc 115 2+2 help! not kicking in the other 2

    ok. bought a merc 2+2 115 94. Engine was sitting for 3 years. Put it in the water and ran fine, just a bit of hesitation when hitting the second 2 cylinders. Then the boat sat for 1 week. I trailered it 20 miles and but back in the water and I had no power past 2K RPM. I pulled the carb's and...
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    yamaha 88 200ETXG 6G6 getting running after 6+ years

    I have an 88 yamaha 200HP outboard that a friend wanted me to fix up and sell. It has been sitting on it's side for 6 years and was not stored properly... also it only had about 100 hours on it when taken off the boat. The engine didn't want to spin without force. Lots of marvel mistery oil...
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    V4 johnson 115 leaking fuel while tilted up and flooding easily

    ok. so I got my V4 115 running like a top after a power head swap and two carb rebuilds. (1985) Now, when I tilt the engine up, fuel drips out of the carbs into the engine well. not a lot but enough. when I then squeeze the bulb up to pressure with the engine tilted down fuel drips out and...
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    johnson 115 one cylinder down!!! no fire!!!

    ok.. long story short. I bought a whaler with a dead '78 115 evinrude 20" shaft. I get a 83 long shaft with about 20 hours on it.(true story) swapped power heads. big boom bang- running like a top and brand new. 17' over 50 mph... 3 hours in? instant- and I mean INSTANT loss of power. check...
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