Guys I have a 2001 Mercury pro XB engine and this weekend it was very slow to get on plane. It was bogging down and slowly increasing RPMs until it finally got on plane. It seemed to be running fine except for this issue. My budy suggested changing out the spark plugs. Can anyone give me some advice on what might be going on. Thanks so much in advance.
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While your changing out for new plugs, give your motor a compression test to see what it's current state of health is. Could also be bad fuel amoung other things.
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I was having the same issue. You can check out this thread for some things to try.
http://www.bbcboards.net/zerothread?id=571522
<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Nikon Man »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">While your changing out for new plugs, give your motor a compression test to see what it's current state of health is. Could also be bad fuel amoung other things.</td></tr></table>
+1ALWAYS best to start with the BASICS:
-Compression test
-SPARK TEST
-Fuel Delivery and Pressure Tests
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