Morning fella's, if this post needs to be moved to the merc section I understand. Just wanted it to get as much visibility as possible.*
Long story short, I was given a 87 Winner Tournament Bass Boat that has a Merc xr4 150 on it. Got it home, put fresh batteries in it. Drained all the old gas out of the tanks as I could. Put 4 gallons of gas in each tank with a half of can of sea foam in each tank with the fresh gas. After several trys it finally started. Upon starting it was obvious it would need a water pump. Done all this last weekend, while waiting for a guy to help me change the water pump I went ahead and changed the fuel lines from the tank port to the block. New Bulb and new inline fuel filter.*
Well yesterday afternoon we got the water pump installed and fired it up. It wouldn't idle worth a dang. Tried putting it in gear and that helped it idle. So we let it idle in gear for probably 20 minutes then it died. Now when it starts it dies almost immediately. It acted as it was running out of gas. So I checked the bulb and it was squishy. I checked all the connections. By passed the fuel line connector that plugs the fuel line with the bulb into the engine and now the fuel line with the bulb runs all the way to the fuel pump.*
It does have a constant alarm. Has done that every since i fired it up the first time. Turn the key, alarm starts and doesn't stop. Yesterday while idling it went to a beep. Oil tanks are full. Opened the one on top of the engine and it started pushing back out all over the tank. So i assume its feeding from tank in the boat.
Tried it this morning before leaving for work. Would crank, run ruff for 3 seconds and die.*
Wifey is upset, we had hoped to lake test on Sunday. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Originally Posted by OldTimer57
