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Engine hesitation while accelerating

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 3:51 pm
by Tmoran2
Hey everyone,

I just bought a 1994 scarab 22 with a 350 merc. I ran it all weekend for the 4th. The boat sounds and runs great! The one thing I noticed, only here and there is when I go to plane the boat out sometimes It appeared I would lose power, the engine would almost skip/hesitate then pick back up. It didn't happen every time just once in a while. Once up on plane the boat flies even with camping gear and 4-5 people. Out of the hole shot though it struggled a little when that would happen. Any idea what that might be? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Tim

Re: Engine hesitation while accelerating

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 10:25 pm
by goodday
maybe check inside your dist.cap and wires, could be bad old gas if you just bought boat,, use a marine grade gas if you can