Thread: mercury 150 xr6

Sometimes when I take off the egine stall like it is running out of fuel I let off throttle and go again and it does fine. what could be causing this? thanks in advance

The engine is running lean at idle and stumbles to find fuel.

Check and clean your fuel system.

TMD

Keith,
What model is your motor? I have a 1994 Mercury 175 and I had never had a problem. Recently my motor was doing the same thing. It would idle and come out of the hole great but usually after just a short distance it would start losing power. It would not sit down completely with me but if I was going 45 mph it would start slowing down to about 25-30. I carried it to a great mechanic today and he checked the motor from top to bottom. The regulators, stator, power packs, fuel system etc. all tested great. It turned out to be the oil-injection system. It was not oiling enough and so the computer was getting this reading and would start to cut the power back to reduce the risk of damage. I had been told by several mechanics in the past that after a motor gets several years old you need to unhook the oiling system anyway and mix your gas/oil manually. Just to make sure it is getting the proper mixture. The alarm was not going off because it was getting some oil but just not enough. It is a pretty cheap fix compared to buying a new motor. I put it in the water today and it is running great! This may not be your problem but if it is an older motor I would have this checked...See Ya on the Water!

Darrell Baker
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Centre, Alabama 35960
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keith, i have an 01' xr6 that was doin the same thing.turns out my problem was just the primer bulb. apperently the insides of the bulb fizzled out and it just needed a new one. now it runs great starts good,but im haveing overheating problems at low rpms and idle.did impellar and now tryin t stats.