I have an older 4hp Mercury outboard that has been causing me more grief than I really need and just wondering if it is worth the time and effort to get it fixed.
Normal (to me) problems have been: Will be boating along, it seems to pop out of gear, you back down all the way on the throttle and it will re-engage and drive forward as usual. When it happens, it sounds like it is over-revving.
Second issue, we will be running along and then it will just shut down, pull the choke out and start it again and it will run fine for a bit (or a while) and then will shut down again. It's usually not hard to get it started again, just a pain that you can't run sometimes for more than 5 mins straight.
Now the big issue that might be the determining factor. I was out in it last night, and heading in I noticed that it smelled hot or something, then it shut off, no big deal since it is a pretty common occurrence. Went to start it again and I am not able to pull it over. Can not pull the cord out to start it.
We just use the boat around the lake to go for little boat rides and fishing. Just trying to figure out which would be a better option, try to fix it or just replace it.
Thanks for any input.
Normal (to me) problems have been: Will be boating along, it seems to pop out of gear, you back down all the way on the throttle and it will re-engage and drive forward as usual. When it happens, it sounds like it is over-revving.
Second issue, we will be running along and then it will just shut down, pull the choke out and start it again and it will run fine for a bit (or a while) and then will shut down again. It's usually not hard to get it started again, just a pain that you can't run sometimes for more than 5 mins straight.
Now the big issue that might be the determining factor. I was out in it last night, and heading in I noticed that it smelled hot or something, then it shut off, no big deal since it is a pretty common occurrence. Went to start it again and I am not able to pull it over. Can not pull the cord out to start it.
We just use the boat around the lake to go for little boat rides and fishing. Just trying to figure out which would be a better option, try to fix it or just replace it.
Thanks for any input.