

It ran enough that I really wanted to go to the river above the barrage, fresh water, and give the motor a good run. After much pulling on the cord and turning the tap on and off and using no choke with full throttle, the motor started.

Then I missed three months and when I tried to start the little Mercury, fuel overflowed the carburettor and dripped out.

The problem startedįor the first year, practically every month, I ran the motor at home in a tank. But I didn’t completely neglect my little Mercury. Been two years now and I have done one trip up river in my dinghy with Parsun 9.8 hp. When my wife’s health took a big dip two years ago, I knew I would have less chance to go boating. Information on this page has come from multiple third parties and can not be guaranteed to be accurate.My little Mercury 3.5 hp 4 stroke had stopped working. The iboats Forum Directory can likely help you find a lot of outboard information as it is arranged by subject. The iboats Outboard Motor Forums are another excellent source of information. Thus, for safety and other reasons, it is a good idea to verify information here to Even if this information is the same as the original factory specs,īoats are sometimes modified. Many sources we can not guarantee its accuracy. Information on this page is provided to you as a free service of. Be sure to do your testing under your normal boating conditions and with a good propeller (not bent, cracked, or excessively chipped). You want your RPM's to be within the proper range while at wide open throttle (WOT). For example, if you look at your tachometer at top speed and it is not within the engine's RPM range then that is generally not good. Your engine's RPM range is important in choosing the right propeller for a given application. This engine has power steering and a electric-type starter. The bore for this outboard is 2.4 inches and the stroke is 2.36 inches. The displacement for the pistons is 32.1. The engine weight is recorded at 157 lbs. This 25 horsepower Mercury outboard, manufactured in 2006, is a saltwater model.
