5.0 mercruiser bogging?

rjelliott

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I have a 1994 5.0lx mercruiser. I have replaced just about everything i can think of fuel wise. When you take off at WOT it bogs down and eventually once it starts to plane out it picks up speed and then its like you hit the nitrous and off it goes. If you partial throttle to start to plane off the work your way to WOT it does not do it as bad. I have rebuilt the 4 barrel quadrajet, new mechanical fuel pump, checked all the fittings on the fuel take to make sure they were not corroded. Put a new distributor cap and new spark plugs. The only thing i have not checked is the timing but would not think it would run so good at top speed if it was off. Does anyone have any more ideas that i can try?
 

fossill

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Re: 5.0 mercruiser bogging?

Why throw all that money at it in parts before you haven't even checked the basics like the timing?
 

rjelliott

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Re: 5.0 mercruiser bogging?

I have not thrown a bunch of money in parts at it. The boat is 15 yrs old and needed a tune up. i dont know when the last time anything has been changed or ever changed. I got the boat from my stepdad and he could not remember if he ever had anything done to it. He said it always had a dead spot in it since he bought it but never took it back to the dealer. Thanks for the info it was really helpful.
 
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