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    Yamaha VMAX 175 bogging issue

    Hi all, I am trying to help out a friend. He has just bought a 2000 VMAX 175 on a 2000 Triton ski and fish boat. I know it has carbs. It starts fine, gets on plane without a problem but when running at high speeds it starts to cut out. It feels just like as if you would be driving a car and...
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    Merc 150hp EFI info needed please....

    Hi all, I have a chance to buy a 150hp EFI not sure of the year. Guy says it is a few years old. I have a 2 stroke on my boat now and it is having starting ilde issues. Mechanic says the VRo is getting weak on it and that is causing the no start idle issues. And I am terrible with motors. So...
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    Starting problems but mnotor runs fine?

    HI all, We just bought an 89 boat with an 89 Johnson VRO 4 90 HP. We could not get it started to it back to the shop and the guy got it started an ran it for 30 minutes. They had forgotten to put a clamp on the fuel line that they changed. He showed us how to start it using the choke on the...
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    Aluminum confusion

    Hi all, I am new here. We just bought a 1989 Crestliner Ski N Fish boat. One side of it looks like it has been rubbing up against a dock for some time. Paint is scuffed and marked. I want to repaint it. I have done a search on here for repainting. But still confused about the primer part. I...
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    Merc 60 4 stoke won't go inot neutral

    Hi all, I have a 3 year old Merc 60hp 4 stroke. It has low hours on it, worked fine until yesterday. Fiance tried to get it into neutral and it would not go, and it is idles much higher than it did. It has reverse and forward. And will go into neutral if we shut it off and put it in neutral...
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