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    Oil Injection or Premix

    I have a late '80s Merc 3 cyl with Oil Injection. While cruising up river the oil alarm went off so I cut the motor and checked the oil level. there was plenty of oil. I restarted the motor and no alarm. It's a good motor, so my question is am i better off to drain the oil from the oil injection...
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    cannot get water pump to work

    Dear Forum thanks to your help I have my Merc 700 working great, all new electrics. Starts and runs well. noted on the water yesterday that indicator stream was poor. when I flushed it after a day on the water, only air bubbles came out with a little water. I installed new impeller in already...
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    Mercury 700 3 cyl stopped dead, need ideas on possible causes.

    Can anyone help me understand why my mercury 700 was running beautifully and then suddenly stops dead? New fuel lines, clean fuel, cleaned carbs, new water pump, happily cruising at 25mph three quarter throttle and then nothing. No misfire, no coughing, not seized, motor turned fine on starter...
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    Mercury 70HP Blue Line plug welded up need help with diagnostics

    HI to everyone, I am new to boating, just bought a real nice Caribbean Colt with 70HP Mercury Blue Line (3 cyl) (80's model. Boat has been idle for maybe a year, but prior to that a good history in fresh water.. I Had new wiring installed, new stator, new CDI as the wiring was disintegrating...
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