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Need some help! #11384236 02/01/16 08:47 PM
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I have a 2000' mercury 225 EFI. Here is what it's doing. It will start and idle just fine , rev up as high as I want it to go in neutral. Once I put it in gear , it struggles to plain off like it's starving for fuel. Once it does get up , about a minute later , it has very low power under 3000 rpm and once I take it over 3000 rpm it dies and just a few seconds later it will start back up , back under 3000 rpm . I have recently rebuilt the fuel pump , replaced the fuel filter and the spark plugs. I am lost as to what is going on. And the fuel pump was the " gravity fed " fuel pump. Not the electric fuel pump. I'm sorry if I don't know the correct term guys.

Re: Need some help! [Re: blwn merc] #11385498 02/02/16 09:26 AM
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First thought I had was to check your lower unit.
Then I re-read your post.

How old is your fuel line? Do you have a water separator on it?
Primer bulb age?

How about checking fire on each cylinder?

What did the old plugs look like when you removed them? Any wet ones?


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Re: Need some help! [Re: blwn merc] #11385657 02/02/16 01:42 PM
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Ser. number? Sounds like a throttle position control problem, electric fuel pump screen in the VST. These motors the TPS is very sensitive.


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Re: Need some help! [Re: blwn merc] #11387229 02/02/16 10:24 PM
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Fuel line is less that 2 years old. Yes it has a separator on it. Each cylinder does fire. When I replaced the plugs , all seemed to be burned normally. All 6 looked the same. No wet ones. I always run stabil with every fill up as well. I think I'm leaning toward an electrical issue from what Gary Purdy says.

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where you located I have shop in McKinney and could look at it for you


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Re: Need some help! [Re: blwn merc] #11388915 02/03/16 05:40 PM
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I live in Weatherford. I actually committed to a guy that has a shop in Alvarado. Since I already committed to him , that's where I will take it. But in the future I will keep you in mind.

Thanks!

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sounds like a bad fuel line from the tank to the motor.

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power packs/coils? maybe?


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