Don:

I have fairly new 250 Pro XS (35 hours). It is often (but not always) hard to shift into neutral.

Symptoms:

1. <U>Always </U>shifts easily <U>into</U> gear.

2. When engine is warming up, it idles slightly higher than normal, and is hard to shift <U>out</U> of gear.

3. After engine warms up, it shifts <U>out </U>of gear easily about half the time, and takes a lot of force the rest of the time.


What do I check ? (This is my fourth V-6 Mercury, and I have never had one that gave this problem).

Thanks.