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New member. I could use some direction. I bought a 1999 Cobalt 233 with a 2019 Merc 383 Stroker Engine and have been working through deferred maintenance issues. The last one is the engine bogs down over 3000 rpm. I checked the tank vent (OK), the tanks is clean, the screen intake is clean...
What I'm learning with my 1999 Bravo 3 is that cable adjustments are CRITICAL for the thing to work properly. That is both the helm cable and the control cable into the drive. (I found that the helm cable had stretched and took a lot of adjustment to get it right) I replaced the control cable...