My 1987 Mercury 60hp 3 cylinder took a crap on me yesterday out on the lake and was hoping someone would be able to help me solve this problem.
First what happened: I have a 16' skeeter bass boat and we were cruising across the lake wide open for about 3-5 minutes when the motor ran out of gas. I have two gas tanks so i switched to the other tank and the motor started for about 10 seconds and died. Then i noticed in the water a lot of gas so i thought i may have flooded it and let it sit for about 5 minutes. when i went to start it again same stuff. gas everywhere. so i took all the covers off so i could see the carbs and everytime i would try to start the motor it would start for 3-5 seconds then the top carb would spew out gas and the motor would die. I tinkered around and got it running to get back to the launch. I'm hoping that by running it out of gas some damaged wasn't done.
Problems i thought it could have: Clogged fuel lines, fuel pump, carb float getting stuck.
I have worked on a lot of 10 horse and under motors but this bigger motor is a whole new animal.
Thanks in advance for all the help.
First what happened: I have a 16' skeeter bass boat and we were cruising across the lake wide open for about 3-5 minutes when the motor ran out of gas. I have two gas tanks so i switched to the other tank and the motor started for about 10 seconds and died. Then i noticed in the water a lot of gas so i thought i may have flooded it and let it sit for about 5 minutes. when i went to start it again same stuff. gas everywhere. so i took all the covers off so i could see the carbs and everytime i would try to start the motor it would start for 3-5 seconds then the top carb would spew out gas and the motor would die. I tinkered around and got it running to get back to the launch. I'm hoping that by running it out of gas some damaged wasn't done.
Problems i thought it could have: Clogged fuel lines, fuel pump, carb float getting stuck.
I have worked on a lot of 10 horse and under motors but this bigger motor is a whole new animal.
Thanks in advance for all the help.
