Springling
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A couple friends and I just bought a 19ft trophy with a 2001 Merc 135 efi saltwater motor on the back. We have taken it out about 8 times in the last 3-4 months. Yesterday it started up fine, we let it warm up for close to 10 mins then took off. As we were accelerating we got up to 1800 rpms and a long beep came out of the dash and the boat wouldn't allow us to go any faster. We then dropped it back to neutral them tried again and there was no problem. We cruised at about 3500 rpms, went and dropped a couple traps then started trolling for a few hours. As we picked our rods and went to get our traps a few hours later we had no problem or warning coming from the boat as we got up to plane. Then after slowing down and accelerating a few times, it started restricting our rpms again so we trolled back to the launch and put her back on the trailer and took it home. Anyone have an idea what it could be or should we take it to a merc dealer? The boat came with a full tank of gas which we haven't fully gone through yet. We did put 40l in it around 1.5 months ago. Could it be bad gas? The engine didn't feel hot... There did seem to be a little more exhaust coming out of the engine then usual.
Thanks in advance for any comments or suggestions
Shaun MCB
Thanks in advance for any comments or suggestions
Shaun MCB