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A fishing bud of mine has an intermitent problem with his new 311 Nitro with a two cycle 225 Mercury. Usually at the beginning of a trip his boat gets out of the hole fine. As the day progresses it gets increasingly harder to get the boat out of the hole and on plane.
On a normal trip he can ease the throttle forward and the boat jumps up and on plane easily. After the first or second time getting up on plane it gets harder and harder to to get up on plane. Eventually, with the throttle wide open it the engine sounds like its bogging down and there is not enough RPMs to get the boat on plane.
He has had two mechanics look at it several times and it runs fine in the shop. The last mechanic finally suggested that it may be the prop. Im not sure about that. I would like to help him, maybe someone out there has a clue to what might be happening. Any suggestions appreiciated. Thanks
Bob B
On a normal trip he can ease the throttle forward and the boat jumps up and on plane easily. After the first or second time getting up on plane it gets harder and harder to to get up on plane. Eventually, with the throttle wide open it the engine sounds like its bogging down and there is not enough RPMs to get the boat on plane.
He has had two mechanics look at it several times and it runs fine in the shop. The last mechanic finally suggested that it may be the prop. Im not sure about that. I would like to help him, maybe someone out there has a clue to what might be happening. Any suggestions appreiciated. Thanks
Bob B