Nativeoysterman
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- Sep 17, 2004
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Greetings<br /><br />Someone on the Arima board pointed me here so I am a newbie.<br /><br />Have a 16 foot Arima with a 70 HP merc 2 stroke the last time out the engine ran great but mt kicker rope broke so I used the 70 to troll with (seemed to work fine and at the end of the day took us home with no issues)<br /><br />Went out Chinook fishing yesterdat and the 70 did not wat to give full power tach would swing wildly and it would die. At idle it would run sputter die. <br /><br />So this time the kicker saved me for fishing.<br /><br />When I got home I pulled the plugs. #1 was almost sand blast looking while 2 and three looked fine.<br /><br />The engine has 150 lbs of compression in each hole.<br /><br />The boat is well maintained.<br /><br />Any ideas before I take it in??? Would the trolling do it?? <br /><br />Should I replace the plug and try again??<br /><br />Thanks much<br />Paul
