Hey y’all. I’m new and was wondering if y’all could help me. I have a 2004 Mercury ELPTO 40 3cyl 2 stroke.
it started about three weeks ago when I took my boat out from the landing it ran fine got up on plane to the sandbar. A few hours later when I was going to leave out of nowhere I had no power underload. I was pretty much going at idle speed. When I tried to go wide open throttle and forward my alarm went off as in if it was overheating. But it was pissing fine. ( brand new water pump,impeller, and thermostat ). I found out that one of my coil packs was bad so I change that . Two of the three carbs are new this year and the other one is rebuilt earlier this year as well. I was wondering if y’all had any ideas on what could be the problem.
once again it runs fine and idle, but under load forward or reverse I have nothing but idle speed.
thank you for any advice. I’m stumped
it started about three weeks ago when I took my boat out from the landing it ran fine got up on plane to the sandbar. A few hours later when I was going to leave out of nowhere I had no power underload. I was pretty much going at idle speed. When I tried to go wide open throttle and forward my alarm went off as in if it was overheating. But it was pissing fine. ( brand new water pump,impeller, and thermostat ). I found out that one of my coil packs was bad so I change that . Two of the three carbs are new this year and the other one is rebuilt earlier this year as well. I was wondering if y’all had any ideas on what could be the problem.
once again it runs fine and idle, but under load forward or reverse I have nothing but idle speed.
thank you for any advice. I’m stumped
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