7.4 Mercruiser assistance please

acampane

Seaman
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Posting for my father n law - he has a 97 28ft Bayliner Cierra - 7.4 Mercruiser. We went out last weekend ran great. Today we pulled out of the dock, filled with gas and started idling down river. Once given throttle is seemed to want to choke out unless you gave it some gas. Finally it would kick up to 3000 RPM then just want to cut out...Any troubleshooting ideas? (the only thing i did after this problem was change the fuel/water separator)
 

Pete104

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Re: 7.4 Mercruiser assistance please

Did you pour the contents into a glass jar? As to inspect. What was it like trying to idle? Did you have to nurse it & play with the throttle?
What kind of maintaince habits FnL have? Most likely a complete major tune-up is in store! The major being a carb overhaul.
 

joncrisler

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Re: 7.4 Mercruiser assistance please

water contamination is what I would suspect.
 
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