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    Mercury Optimax Alarm

    OK, one of my engine's alarm is going off. It's a 2001 Mercury Optimax 150hp. after driving for a few minutes a constant beep goes off. This happens at high rpms only, over 3500. If I'm going slow it won't do it. It cuts power to the engine too and drops the rpms. I've research and one of the...
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    Mercury Optimax Alarm

    I have a pair of 2001 150hp optimax. Last time I used the boat the engines were running fine, but on my way back the boat started beeping four times every 2 minutes. The was no loss of power or hesitation or anything, boat ran perfect back to shore, just beeping every two minutes. While I was at...
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    Mercury Optimax Stalls at high RPM

    HI, I have a pair of 2001 mercury optimax 150hp on a 25' footer. Last time i went out one of the engines was running perfect at low rpms (uder 2000rpms) but everytime i would go over 2K rpms it will run fine for about 15 seconds and then stall and die. You can crank right back up without a...
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    Help with overheating problems

    Hi, I put the boat in the water today and it started overheating right at the dock. I went back home and try running it with water and this is what i get. If I put my water hose straight into the inlet for the engine water pump, the boat runs fine, no overheating. But if I try running it with...
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    Volvo Penta 280 Lifting problem

    Hi, i have a volvo penta 280 installed with a chevy 350 engine. I've had the boat for about two months only and it's the first one so i don't have too much knowledge. Anyways, my outdrive used to go up and down automatically with the swtich and now it won't go up unless i manually release the...
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