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Okay, so I'm stumped on this one and am looking for any ideas. Basically every time I take our boat out it takes several tries to get the engine to turn over. The starter will make a light click sound as it engages, but the engine will not turn over. So far, after trying for a couple minutes...
Okay, so I need some help with this as I have no clue. Whenever I start my 2004 3.0L Merc, it will randomly make this loud honking like noise. It's not quite a grinding noise, but rather like something is vibrating really fast, and it's pretty loud. It doesn't happen every time, but once it...
Hello all,
I have recently purchased my first boat and have a quick question. I've drove boats with outboards before and they have a throttle lever that I can rev up the engine without putting it in gear. I've also seen them where the center of the bottom of the drive lever pushes in and lets...
Sorry, came back and realized this is in the Outboard part of the forum. Still, any help is appreciated.
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Hello all,
I have recently purchased my first boat and have a quick question. I've drove boats with outboards before and...