I have had nothing but trouble with the motor since the day I bought. If I idle for any period of time the boat takes forever to plane off. The motor spit, sputter, and kicks trying to clear out the 2 dead cylinders before it finally gets going. I have taken it to the shop 3 times and they say this is normal. They have worked on the carbs and it has gotten somewhat better, althougt not great. Now my biggest problem is when I come off of 3/4 to WOT. The motor is very rough,kicks and dag near shakes itselfs off the boat. I have never seen anything like this in all my life. I guess it is flooding the 2 dead cylinder when I get off the throttle. Is this a bad designed motor? What can be done to fix this problem? Can I change the 2 carbs where it will run on all 4 cylinders? When this motor is running on only the 2 cylinders at idle isn't this flooding the other 2 cylinders with fuel and washing the cylinders and bearings causing motor damage? Also it is very hard to crank when I first get to the lake. I sometimes have to crank on it for a few minutes before it start. Is there some trick to getting it started without so much cranking? I'm sure there has been others that have had some of these problems
. I'm willing to try anything to get this problem fixed. Everyone I have talked to at the mercury dealer, including having a factory rep come out ride in the boat and said that it was pretty bad still did nothing to fix the problem. Please help me guys with what can be done to fix this motor.<br /><br />Thanks in advance,<br />Mike