After finally getting my 1988 Mercury 15HP running last weekend, I took it out today for its first real test for today.
Two things I noticed were it takes a while for the motor to run before I can take the choke off. This may be due to the temperatures and/or previous usage. Regardless, this wasn't that big of a deal.
The second problem was after running it for a solid 25-30 minutes at varying speeds, I went to accelerate once more and the motor itself seemed to rev but the propeller didn't seem to spin with the same amount. I immediately took it down to idle. Next I tried to accelerate again and it did the same thing.
The propeller would spin and I was able to still move at a low RPM/speed.
I've read online and from what I've found, it sounds like the propeller hub is slipping or spinning.
What do you think from what I've described?
Two things I noticed were it takes a while for the motor to run before I can take the choke off. This may be due to the temperatures and/or previous usage. Regardless, this wasn't that big of a deal.
The second problem was after running it for a solid 25-30 minutes at varying speeds, I went to accelerate once more and the motor itself seemed to rev but the propeller didn't seem to spin with the same amount. I immediately took it down to idle. Next I tried to accelerate again and it did the same thing.
The propeller would spin and I was able to still move at a low RPM/speed.
I've read online and from what I've found, it sounds like the propeller hub is slipping or spinning.
What do you think from what I've described?