1986 Merc 3.0 Quit

greenerob

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This weekend I was out on the lake. I was just tooling around for 3-4 hours. Starting and stopping to swim and never had an issue. I decided that I would go head back to the ramp and head home. The ramp was too busy so I went back out to check out more of the lake. After I was about 1/2 mile away the boat just died. It really seemed like it ran out of gas. Finally I got a tow. On the way home I filled up the tank. 4 gallons!! When I got home I tried again to start it and nothing.

It was running great until then.

I haven't had a chance to check anything yet because I got burnt pretty bad waiting the tow.

Any suggestions on what it could be?
 

Gary H NC

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Re: 1986 Merc 3.0 Quit

It could be a number of things,
Check for spark,then verify its getting fuel in the carb..
 
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