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    1988 Mercruiser 3.0 looses power at speed, was fine yesterday

    1988 Mercruiser 3.0 looses power at speed, was fine yesterday. We just trailered our boat to the Hudson to visit family. Yesterday we went water skiing, today we had the kids tubing. About 30-40minutes in today, the engine started to loose power at speed ~20-25mph and finally at full throttle...
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    Rebuilt Mercarb, now won't hold idle..arghhh

    I've got a Mercury 3.0L 4cyl Mercury I/O that was stalling when backing down from running fast to a slow idle. Couple of whacks around the float sometimes helped, so I decided to rebuild the carb. (Mercarb) Did the whole kit, cleaned out everything, replaced the float too. Reistalled...
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    Help identify my OMC engine please

    We picked up a 1988 19' Sport-Craft with an OMC I/O 4.3L engine. V6 I can't seem to find the engine model/serial number on it anywhere, and was hoping for help identifying it. Here is what I know: Outdrive plate says: Model No. 985269 Engine 4.3L Serial No. T0562593 Carburetor stamp 17085008...
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    1988 Mercruiser 3.0 sterndrive stalls when returning to idle

    July 16th, 2016, 12:32 AM I have a 1988 Mercruiser 3.0L 181 CID 130hp sterndrive engine that is having the following issue. Starts fine, holds a low idle at 600-650. It does sound a little rough at this level. Shifts into forward/reverse and cruises along slowly no issues. Can leave...
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    1988 Mercruiser 3.0 sterndrive stalls when returning to idle

    I have a 1988 Mercruiser 3.0L 181 CID 130hp sterndrive engine that is having the following issue. Starts fine, holds a low idle at 600-650. Shifts into forward/reverse and cruises along slowly no issues. Can leave the dock at slow speed in reverse, stop then move into forward and cruise along...
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