what does mercury require for a sparkplug gap ?<br />I have a 2001 mercury 200 outboard, carb.<br />it is NOT the fuel injection, and not the optimax, not that it matters, but it might.
why does my boat die? i've got a 2001 merc 200 outboard, carb. Several times last summer I could be driving and it die. Once after I'd parked at a sandbar for a while. I was crossing back across the river about 25 mph and it just died. Started right back up, ran fine. 2nd time I was going...
How many folks out there do not trust their oil injection system? I have a 2001 Merc 200 outboard. I'm on my 3rd powerhead now!! The oil injection system quit -- no warning -- and it threw a rod at the end of it's first summer. Luckily it was under warranty. Dealer put a new power head on it...