I never considered the old four small diodes in the jacket trick. It's also very hard to start it normally have to pull more than 20 times. I was pretty happy with it except for the vibration at the tiller handle at any speed except full throttle or idle speed. Alarms sounded but it's not overheating or needs oil. The initial opinion was that fuel wasn't getting to the engine and the dealer replaced first one fuel tank valve and a fuel line valve. I will never buy this brand again.
Hopefully I can sell it and get something else. I can't believe that Mercury doesn't include this information with a new motor. Send the above information to: Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. During the second year it started to have multiple issues which includes massive amounts of black smoke, serious starting issues, great difficulty shifting gears, loud banging sounds when doing so, low oil pressure light illuminating, loss of power. Original review: May 22, 2018 Mercury Verado 300.
I attended at numerous dealerships for these issues and after 5 years of fighting with them and having contacted Mercury Marine customer service dept - they begrudgingly replaced the carburetor and the gears in the gear shift. I also let them know that owned my Evinrude for 27 years, never needed service, and was still going strong when I sold it. But now it didn't work again. I called all service shops in the area, and some outside of it, none can take it any sooner than 3 to 4 weeks! Now, trying to find the replacement alternator is next to impossible, nobody stocks them, and Mercury won't honor a warranty on this since I'm not going to give up a month of summer boating for yet another one of Mercury Marine's problems. Finally Mercury told me of a kit I could have installed which would block off the low water pickups in the front of the lower unit.
Took it back to service center and after 2 days of troubleshooting the conclusion was a bad Power Train Control Module. Only problem is that Mercury won't give any information. The motor ran fine for a few years with no problems. I would like to say that my experience with my 1978 Mercury 20 hp has been very good. Second time it shut down while running on plane.
I work with marine tourism boat trips and I only work in the summer. The only way to make a difference as a consumer is to insist that the dealership install something other than a Mercury, if they hear that enough then the dealers will start to drop Mercury and only then will Mercury start to care. Original review: June 7, 2018 Stay away from Mercury outboards Four Stroke 150. Across the board if all out reliability is the name of the game then its Honda or Yamaha, if reliability and performance then Evinrude e-techs. Please be advised that e-mail sent from this site goes only to the Webmaster, who is not located on the premises of Suzuki Motor of America, Inc.
Well I was surprised that after having it checked out by a Mercury mechanic, that fuel pumps, alternator, water pump, gas lines, etc. This site is maintained for customers in the U. I requested that I be present a two inspections and tests but they denied this request and did them in secret without providing or naming the tests they may have performed. No wonder now out of business. I called Mercury customer service and explained that I had followed their operation and maintenance recommendations to a tee and the motor only had about 25 hours on it. The harness you get probably has four small diodes within its jacket just guessing.
It was then taken to Cabelas boat service center and told the fuel pump would be replaced within a week. The company also provides several training programs through training arm called Mercury University. Here is the thing, agents and dealers will tell you that after 13 years the bugs have been ironed out, yes the immediate bugs have however the quality of componentry has not and catastrophic failures come about through the 'penny worth of tar' principle, Mercury have a complete disconnect with regards to the ownership experience because they have a stranglehold on the market. Even if it's true, it's a problem of the product quality. The tech said it's the carb.
Mercury Marine has been powering boats for over 75 years. Original review: July 23, 2017 2017 250Optimax Motors brand new. Original review: July 6, 2018 I recently purchased a 2008 Triton bass boat with a Mercury Optimax 150 and only 14 hours on it. The boat showed up but no motor. The buzzer sounded and the thermostat failure flashed on the smartcraft gauge. Replaced with new improved float sensor and high pressure fuel pump.
The company is too unprofessional and the engine has given me too many problems already! The comprehensive information in a Mercury outboard motor manual allows the reader to clearly see and understand the steps necessary to properly work on a particular component. Let Us Know if the provided contact numbers, email address or website of Mercury Marine are invalid. If so, include some photographs! The guy said they changed two spark plug and my 3 year warranty does not cover it. We have had nothing but problems. Does anybody know what is going on with Mercury and this motor? There was one bad plug. Primarily, the company engages with the outboard motors business. I did make one mistake however; I got a good price on this motor from West Marine, so I bought it there.
I have had 3 Mercury motors in the past with great performance and service but this is just ridiculous. If you do not find what you are looking for please fill out the and we will find the parts you need and respond with a quote. I went through the normal diagnosis steps, removed anti-siphon valve, replace low pressure filter, installed an external test tank. These catalog pages represent just a few of the parts we stock. It said the fuel pump may not have been properly assembled.