david.gabhart
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- Mar 29, 2004
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I have an 86 22 foot Thompson 215 Carrera with a Mercruiser 170 (225 CI I/O) and the other day I was running about 3500 RPM for about 25 minutes when it suddenly acted like it had lost all power and started slowing down. Once I throttled back and sat tight idling for a minute it ran fine again and went on down river. About 2 hours later I left heading back up river, again, after 20 minutes or so at 3500 it died, restarted, died, etc. etc. et al. A buddy towed me and when we got into the marina (after 30 minutes) it fired and ran great for well over 15 minutes at idle speed. This is the second time out this season. First time no issues. I am wondering if it is possible it is a fuel related problem vice an electrical issue. Any thoughts would be appreciated as the local Marina has a 4 week wait...