Love the puma hate the motor

Before you put the gun to your head maybe you can help us help you. With no info as to what the symptoms are then help will be little forthcoming. More than likely your planing problem is as simple as adjusting the PVS plugs in the hub of the Mercury prop. If the engine bogs down as it comes out of the hole then this is your problem. Good luck! Maybe Pa Pa Bass Cat below will trade you his Yamaha for your Mercury!

If it was plaining out before and now the outside temps are much higher maybe the pvs. What prop? More than likely its a coil. They are known for causing this same problem. Could be a plug also with that number of hours. Are you using ethanol fuel, and if so has the boat set for a long period with out marine stabil or one of the other fuel preservatives? Look at the bright side its under warranty. Dont get discouraged all of the “big three” motors have their problems these days. Sheff

Sheff is right, we have seen issue with all three lately. Our volume of engines on BCB Models is much higher with Mercury at somewhere around 70 to 90% of product, though we are seeing something from each. BCBLast edited by Bass Cat Boats on June 7th, 2009, 5:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.

+1 on sounds like the symptoms of a bad coil. My 2008 250 Pro-XS has been down for a week waiting on a new coil. I am scared to death to make a 20-mile run in my boat because of these coil problems.