jasonballard
Seaman
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- Jul 14, 2003
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I have a 1973 9.8 hp merc 100 that has very little hours on it. I bought it about 3 weeks ago and ran it this weekend, it runs great. Only one worry though-- when I get to full throttle the motor starts to "tick" faintly. The tick is not steady, it will tick once, then after about 1 or 2 seconds it will tick-tick and so forth. It only does this at full throttle. I don't want to blow the motor-is this something to worry about. After I found this out, I put a new needle valve and float in the carb because I thoughit had to do with air/fuel mix being too lean, but it still does it. any help is appreciated.