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    mercury 65hp need some help

    hi there i went out today in my 65hp blueband 2 stroke outboard and it was running fine and was left on full throttle for about less than a minuite and it was pumping water fine but it suddenly started pumping steam instead of water and it overheated as i was eager to get back to the peir...
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    cowling causing cutout??

    hi my mercury blueband 65 hp 2 stroke outboard from the 70's idles perfectly without the cowling on and when we put it on it cuts out. it is on the same side as the starter motor and nothing to do with the timing or acceleration is it electical or mechanical????could it be something like earthing??
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    what does white petrol mean??

    hi there i reciently opened up my carb and the petrol inside was white what does this mean ??is it mixed with water or air ???:confused:
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    wheres my serial number??

    hi there i have a mercury 65hp 2 stroke blueband from 70's and was wandering where the serial number is on it i dont think there is a tab with it on it anywhere.
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    mercury outboard not idleing properly

    hi there i reciently took my two carbs off my 65 hp mercury 2 stroke outboard for cleaning as 1 of them was flooding after i cleaned out all the dirt i realised that on one of my carbs the wee valve that gets triggered by the float was sticking up and not coming back down without shaking it but...
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    mercury 65hp not idling

    hi there:) i reciently took my two carbs off my outboard for cleaning as 1 of them was flooding after i cleaned out all the dirt i realised that on one of my carbs the wee valve that gets triggered by the float was sticking up and not coming back down without shaking it but very stupidly i left...
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    lower unit lining up (quick)

    hi there i reciently fitted a new water pump kit onto my lower unit on my 65hp mercury 2 stroke outboard and i have taken off the lower unit lots of times and refitted it and it was fairly easy but when i tried it now it wont go on atall and its nothing to do with th water pump because that...
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    mercury water pump (question)

    hi there :D i have a 65hp mercury and it isnt pumping water and after pulling apart the water pump and looking at some exploded views of the same outboard online i realised that there were 2 gaskets missing so the way that it is in the picture is: gasket then the wearplate (also is that the...
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    mercury 65hp (no water pumping)

    hi there i'm new to the site:D the problem is with my 65 hp mercury blue band outboard i think its a 1989 model.the motor runs perfectly and the gears but i replaced the gearbox when i first got it and a new impeller but when we started it there was only a little bit of water coming out of the...
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    mercury 65 hp problems (help)

    hi there i'm new to the site :D the problem is with my 65 hp mercury blue band outboard i think its a 1989 model.the motor runs perfectly and the gears but i replaced the gearbox when i first got it and a new impeller but when we started it there was only a little bit of water coming out of the...
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