I have not changed the waterpump and its been a couple of years. Could that really cause what I am seeing? I feel like the fact it ran well again after removing and reattaching the carbs means it has to be carb / fuel related/
Stator I checked the resistance according to the repair manual...
Having an issue with a 2000 Mercury 50hp bigfoot. The summer before last it started giving me issues where it had no top end and would run very rough anytime I tried to go over 2500rpm. Last summer it wasn't used. This summer, before putting it back in I cleaned the carbs. Put the boat in and...