Here is the situation that I need help on. I have a 2002 50 HP Mercury outboard that starts right up but after a few minutes of idling the hi temp alarm goes off. Water is coming out of the tell tale at what appears to be normal pressure but it's coming out scalding hot and engine block is...
The Engine will idle just fine, then I start driving slow and for awhile it seems fine. Then when I increase the RPM and get closer to Wide open it start jerking and running rough. It continues to get worse and even hesitates when I take it back down to a slow speed and then I limp back to...
History and Issue:
Ran the engine on muffs today and started right up and ran normal (decent amount of smoke). After just a few minutes alarm went off (I think it was the Chk Eng) but honestly I shut it off so fast I'm not sure. I had a decent spray of water coming from the tell tale and I...