Hesitation when taking off.

macr6

Petty Officer 2nd Class
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I have a 98 3.0 merc I/O. When I push the throttle forward I get a hesitation. I'm thinking it's the carb but not sure which part to check or how I should go about checking it.

Also, anyone know a good place to get used parts? My brother-in-law over torqued the nut that holds the throttle lever to the carb. the part is $50 new but didn't know if there was a used parts or "boat junk yard" out there I wasn't aware of.
 

CharlieB

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Re: Hesitation when taking off.

Dirty carb and/or bad accelerator pump, either way the carb comes off for total cleaning and rebuild.
 
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