1980 115 HP Merc 6 Cyl Issue

Grandview

Cadet
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Jun 2, 2009
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I've had my boat out on the lake a couple times this season and each time the motor starts as usual and idles properly. When it put it in forward gear it's also fine until I start to accelerate and then it starts to hesitate and bog down. If I back off the throttle it will stay running. This starts around 1200 rpm and if I stay at this rpm and slowly increase the throttle over about a 10 minute period it will work it's way up to running properly. It feels like it needs to blow out whatever is in the carbs(or wherever) initially and once this is done it runs and performs fine, until I take it out the next time.

I'm not sure where to start on this one!
 

conett

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Jun 28, 2009
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Re: 1980 115 HP Merc 6 Cyl Issue

I had, what sounds like, a similar problem with my 86 135 V6 mercury outboard. It turned out to be a stator, not sure if you have the exact same issue, but thought I would pass it along.
 
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