Flying_Lavey
Dreaming of the lake
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So for the first time in..... well maybe the entire 12 years I've owned my boat, I habe a slight issue with the engine that is not from my doing (as far as I know so far). First, the motor is an '86 Merc 200 without oil injection (never even had it, no mounts on the motor for it). It has a hard time ideling (have to keep it about 1k to keep it alive), and once the motor warms up it surges. Even while on plane and moving. It seems the higher the RPM's the less the surges. It's got a new water pump 2 months ago and runs about 12 psi at speed and about 7 ideling. I'm leaning towards the reeds being shot but I haven't had a chance to open it up and take a look yet. I was wondering what the congregation thought before I dove into it.