40hp 4 stroke running rough update...

[schmidlapp]

well after doing all the suggested things like cleaning carbs, running power tune thru engine etc. my 40 4 stroke still ran rough and had a bad <br />hesitation on acceleration.<br />took it to an authorized merc shop and this is what they did. <br />they cleaned the carbs (even though they were clean)<br />changed the plugs, (i had just done that too)<br />did a compression test, and found cylinder #2<br />had 11% leak down. they shock treated it with a<br />yamaha product and this supposedly fixed the compression issue.<br />they tested the fuel pump and replaced both diaphrams.<br />they synched the carbs,<br />they then reported to me that it still hesitated.<br />this was caused by a leaky gasket on the case seal where the block is mated to the crankcase.<br />they replaced this and now all is well.<br />repair bill approx $800.00<br />after i checked the bill i found two case gaskets<br />at 2 different prices i might add....<br />billed. and 6 gallons of premium fuel billed that<br />were never put in the tank....<br />well i got it home after haggling over the bill, <br />put it in the river and it ran like #$%^.<br />limped home with it and found it was only running on 2 cylinders. an hour of troubleshooting later and i found they ripped a wire out of the connector that goes to the bottom cylinder ignition coil. i fixed this and it seems to run ok now.<br />are all shops like this?<br />what course of action should i take?<br />is there a complaint line at mercury.<br />they are an authorized merc shop???