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rgdixon4546

I have a 1990 Wellcraft Vortec V-6 motor with Mercruiser. It is having same type of problem, although mine is fuel injected. It starts and idles fine, and you can even rev it in neutral, but when I shift into Forward gear it automatically dies. Occasionally I can quickly shift into reverse without it dying. Any suggestions?

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Originally Posted by John H[_2_]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 01:53:07 +0000, conroeboater
wrote:

I have a 19.5 ft ski boat, inboard outdrive 5.7 with 93 yamaha
sterndrive. I can get the engine to fire and run at idle, and even rev
it up out of gear. However, recently it has become more difficult to
get it to go into gear without it bogging down and sputtering. After a
few attempts it smells like its running rich (smell of fuel). Does this
sound like a problem in the shift cable or perhaps in the controls
(throttle link)? Anyone with any info please help. I appreciate it.
Andy

It sounds very similar to a problem I had with a 5.7L mercruiser. The coil was
bad. It would run without a load, but as soon as I gave the engine a load it
would sputter and die.

Might try replacing that. Mine was getting wet from the live well mounted
directly over the coil, but never caulked.

Good luck.