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Location: Gilberts IL/Rhinelander WI | Mercury 50hp 2 stroke 2007 on a Lowe stinger 175. My last boat did not have trim on motor, only three settings . Down,up, or in the middle. New boat motor trims up and down ,but I can only cruise at idle speed with the prop just under the water. While it is trimmed up if I give it any more gas than idle the motor automatically goes down. Is this normal?? It has done this from the day I bought it, and after seeing some guy's cruisin pretty good with the motor up ,it has got me wondering. Same with power loading the boat, If I did that the motor would go right down and slam into the ramp. Thanks! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Sounds like you need some fluid in the system. Any odd noises while trimming up and down? |
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Location: Gilberts IL/Rhinelander WI | Sounds a little different when it's all the way up as well as when almost all the way down. Just a matter of filling up the hydrolic oil??? I have never done that. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | May be that simple, yes. |
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Location: Gilberts IL/Rhinelander WI | Thanks Steve, I'll give it a shot. |
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| I have a somewhat similar problem. My motor does not want to trim all the way down for some reason. I will trim it down as far as I can, then when I start moving, sometimes it will drop into place, sometimes not. It is not being hung up on anything on the sides. Seems to be a problem with the trim cylinder itself but I don't really have a clue. Also, when I trim the motor all the way up and am drifting or trolling around, the motor will slowly lower into the water like there is a pressure leak in the system. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've been running this way for a year and a half now and would love to fix it, just don't want a $500 bill from the marina.
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