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I have a 50 hp ELTPO merc that has been cold natured since ownership. Bought used on Craig's list ten years ago. Besides being hard to start and smoking like Cheech martin, it has been very reliable purchase after warming up. Even the next day would start with normal smoking. Attempted to...

Accidentally hooked up my outboard battery cables backwards the other day and now my motor doesn't charge while under way. Ya think I tripped a fuse or more likely toasted my rectifier. Any ideas on what might be destroyed on a 07 merc 2 stroke ?

I have a 2007 merc that I have owned for 2 years. This Spring my motor started acting up. Hard to start like flooded then would finely run but lots of smoke during start up. Seems to run fine after you get up to speed. Never had any starting issues until this Spring. I took it to a...

Looking to buy a 1993 merc. 40 hp elpto tiller motor, and have seen a lot of bad reviews about carb issues, starting-flooding issues and starter motor trim unit issues. Does anyone here have any long term use with one of these motors and if so what if any problems have you experienced? Thanks...

Looking to purchase an outboard for my LOWE 1650 and just automatically started searching for Mercury, after stumbling upon a Honda BF50 and looking at the quiet ratings and fuel economy I am starting to rethink what I am looking for. Would anyone here that has a motor or knows of how reliable...

I have a RAV4 that I pull my LOWE 16 with and it has the standard flat 4 prong trailer connector. Trouble is that my turn and brake lights work fine while hooked to the Toyota but running lights don't. When I hook up to my Dodge truck the lights on my trailer work fine, turn, stop, running all...

Hello everyone, I just found this forum and already like what I see. I just purchased a 2012 LOWE roughneck bare boat and need to know if you can get in trouble with the law if you mount an outboard on a boat that has more horsepower that the USCG rating on the tag of the boat. I already...