So I recently had a bug pack a bunch of leaves in my tell tale. Overheated very briefly for less than 10 seconds before I got it shut down. Was able to take my hose and 90 off and ream most of it out with a bottom bouncer wire. Overheated one more time for just a couple seconds before I shut it...
So I have an 89 Mercury 115 2-stroke. Serial Oc106309.*
Ran normal for most of the weekend. Slow trolled for a bit and when I opened it up it wouldn't go past 2000 rpms for probably 30 minutes. Bumped up to 3 grand from 30-40 minutes and then opened up all the way and ran faster then it has...
I have a 1989 Mercury 115 horse 2-stroke outboard, serial Oc106309. Boat is new to me, only two times out. First time out, alarm goes off for the first five or ten minutes and then is off for the rest of the day. Being new to the boating scene I thought it might me some sort of warm up...