Need some help here. 2005 Merc XR6 150 horse. Got a service in June 2021 right before I bought it: Plugs, water pump and synthetic lower unit lube.
Ran fine through the fall then Christmas day I noticed a rough idle. We cruised at normal speed a few miles up the lake to troll a bit. On the ride back it shut down on me. No alarm or anything so I looked at my oil tank and it was low but not dry. Put oil in it and floated about 10 minutes then started up and ran another couple miles at cruising speed until it did it again. One more time I waited 10-15 then started again and made it home.
Have not run it on plane much since then cause I've been fishing very close to my slip. Earlier this week it was surging some at low speed. Last night I decided to test it out and same story after running on plane. It shut down after I ran about half a mile at 35mph. Didn't want to start again so I just trolled back to the slip. It starts like normal again today.
The mechanic I have used in the past no longer makes service calls and I don't have a trailer to take it in. He said he would not attempt a carb cleaning on the water anyway so I know I probably shouldn't do it. Anything else I can try?
Ran fine through the fall then Christmas day I noticed a rough idle. We cruised at normal speed a few miles up the lake to troll a bit. On the ride back it shut down on me. No alarm or anything so I looked at my oil tank and it was low but not dry. Put oil in it and floated about 10 minutes then started up and ran another couple miles at cruising speed until it did it again. One more time I waited 10-15 then started again and made it home.
Have not run it on plane much since then cause I've been fishing very close to my slip. Earlier this week it was surging some at low speed. Last night I decided to test it out and same story after running on plane. It shut down after I ran about half a mile at 35mph. Didn't want to start again so I just trolled back to the slip. It starts like normal again today.
The mechanic I have used in the past no longer makes service calls and I don't have a trailer to take it in. He said he would not attempt a carb cleaning on the water anyway so I know I probably shouldn't do it. Anything else I can try?
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