1995 mercury 200 efi issues

[thawk21]

I started having issues the last few times to start this motor. It used to start right away with no issues. Now I have the pump the bulb, choke, and pump the hot foot to get it to start. Takes a few minutes to get it going. After it starts I have no issues the rest of the day starting it up. Just the initial start.

Also noticed a constant beep while cruising. It stops when I let off the gas though. Not sure what that means.

[leonreno]

It means you need to stop running the motor until you find out why the ALARM is going off. Constant beep (beeeeeeeeeeeeeep) is critical fault such as overheat or low/no oil. Beep beep beep... can be a number of faults, like water in the fuel filter, which could be a problem with starting.

[thawk21]

I mix the oil in the gas so I don't think it's an oil issue. Maybe overheating. I'll probably take it to someone who knows what their doing. Also could the starting issue be because I switched to just regular 87 Octane gas?

[lpugh]

I started having issues the last few times to start this motor. It used to start right away with no issues. Now I have the pump the bulb, choke, and pump the hot foot to get it to start. Takes a few minutes to get it going. After it starts I have no issues the rest of the day starting it up. Just the initial start.

Also noticed a constant beep while cruising. It stops when I let off the gas though. Not sure what that means.

EFI does not have choke, pumping the hot foot does nothing since outboards do not have an accelerator pump either

[lpugh]

I mix the oil in the gas so I don't think it's an oil issue. Maybe overheating. I'll probably take it to someone who knows what their doing. Also could the starting issue be because I switched to just regular 87 Octane gas?

1. did you follow the instruction for deleting the oil injection to the letter. Has the delete actually been done?
2. 87 is the recommended fuel and would provide for better starting as well as less carbon deposits and a tiny bit more power
Might be wise to have pro check it out as there are many things that could cause the hard start

[thawk21]

I update the OP. I had the wrong motor info. I updated it after verifying the serial number. It's a 93 200 xri. The person I bought it from remover the oil injection. So not sure it was done right. I am very new to outboards so not real sure what I'm looking for. Thanks again for all the help.

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