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Mercury 150 XR6 issues

Posted on 8/24/14 at 10:58 am
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
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Posted on 8/24/14 at 10:58 am
I have a new to me 2002 mercury XR6 150 on a Procraft 180 combo. I got it at the beginning of the summer and it seemed to run fine. This past weekend was the first time I had more than 2 people on the boat. When I went to take off, it took a while to plane out, and the engine was making a womp noise over and over. It clearly was not operating at full power. Once on plane and above about 3300 RPM it had full power and sounded smooth.

I went out today and tried a new prop with less pitch to see if that helped, and it did not. With just me in the boat it isn't that noticeable because it gets on plane and above 3300 RPM much faster. I took my grandpa for a ride and he notice that when it is making the noise and struggling, the motor is shaking from front to back. Once on plane the shake is gone. I took some videos of it and posted them to youtube. It is kinda hard to see and hear what it is doing, but if you watch them you might get the idea.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, my wife never wanted the boat in the first place, so now that it isnt working right I'm really in the dog house... haha

edit: fixed the links to youtube a couple of posts down
This post was edited on 8/24/14 at 11:42 am
Posted by Jenar Boy
Elsewhere
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:17 am to
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Mercury

Problem found

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This post was edited on 8/24/14 at 11:18 am
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2127 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:27 am to
For Jenar Boy
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This post was edited on 8/24/14 at 12:05 pm
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:29 am to
Bad power packs will cause some really weird things to happen.

Could also be some nasty carbs or something
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2127 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 11:33 am to
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Here are some disconnected wires i found. Any idea if these may be the problem?

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This post was edited on 8/24/14 at 11:53 am
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2127 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 12:59 pm to
The carbs were just cleaned in may. The biggest problem is I have it stored at my lakehouse about 2 hours away so it isnt easy to work on. Next time I'm up I'm going to pull the plugs and see what they look like. If I'm missing on a cylinder or a whole bank would that smooth out the vibration once I get on plane and topped out?
Posted by JAB528
The Mexican Ocean
Member since Jun 2012
16870 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 1:16 pm to
Its a mercury
Posted by tilco
Spanish Fort, AL
Member since Nov 2013
13470 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 1:27 pm to
Yamaha never have issues

Like the time I was 75 miles offshore on a charter out of grand isle and one of the 300s dropped a lower unit.

It's a 12 year old motor. It probably needs some maintenance anyway.
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2127 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 1:36 pm to
Well beyond being a mercury, anyone have any useful ideas?
This post was edited on 8/24/14 at 1:38 pm
Posted by JAB528
The Mexican Ocean
Member since Jun 2012
16870 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 1:42 pm to
Powerhead
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2127 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 1:52 pm to
I should also mention that it idles great, and gets up to max rpm at wot. Runs awesome once on plane and above 3300 rpm.
Posted by baseballkicker
Member since Dec 2011
91 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 3:58 pm to
Coil. Just had the same issue with my 200HP Mercury
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2127 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 4:12 pm to
Did the motor shake pretty bad forward and back under about 3300 rpm? Did you watch the video of mine?
Posted by choupic
Somewhere on da bayou
Member since Nov 2009
2022 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 4:28 pm to
Get a Yamaha
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81604 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 4:48 pm to
quote:

Yamaha never have issues
There's 20 times more Yamaha problem threads on this board, yet the small brains continue to rip on Mercury. It 's pretty much an intelligence indicator.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 4:53 pm to
Has it been sitting up since then?

I'm still guessing a power pack. They make weird stuff happen. I have no clue how to test them other than replace and see if it fixes the problem.
Posted by Jenar Boy
Elsewhere
Member since Aug 2013
12524 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 4:54 pm to
Good one!
I just know that the 2 Mercury engines I've had started giving me problems after about 4 years. I've got a 89 model Yamaha, guess what? Narry a problem.........ever. Now I have a brand new Yamaha. I can only hope it's as good as the other one
Granted I've never dealt with large engines like that. Largest one I've had was a 60hp and it was a POS. Dad has a 60hp Merc on his boat at present. POS
This post was edited on 8/24/14 at 5:01 pm
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 5:04 pm to
I have a 25 merc that's about 12 years old and the only problem it's ever had was water in the gas.

I can almost guarantee it has more hours on it than any other 12 year old motor around here. That little rig gets the hell ran out of it.
This post was edited on 8/24/14 at 5:06 pm
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2127 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 6:12 pm to
No it has been run pretty steady since then. I've gone through at least 5 tanks of gas since then, non ethanol with seafoam
Posted by Jenar Boy
Elsewhere
Member since Aug 2013
12524 posts
Posted on 8/24/14 at 6:23 pm to
Good n bad in anything you buy I reckon. Was just ribbing the feller a bit with my first comment, didn't mean nothing by it.
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