Rinker 320 with 5.7 Mercs

pmerklinger

Glad to see everyone over here.I was having a bit of an issue with my port engine (2005 Merc 350 bravo 3) When i put the drive in gear i get a small increse in idle , not a large one but enough to send the sync gauge all the way to the right. By moving the port throttle lever i can get it to settle down but then if i go to neutral and back into drive the same increase happens. I have looked at the throttle cable adjustment and all seems ok. Any thoughts, thanks, Pedro

brianluck

I may be wrong but I feel like with the load of the drives and prop a increase in rpm would be needed over idling in nutural to keep the boat from stalling

brianluck

Pretty sure mine does the same I have a 94 5.7 350 mercs

raybo3

Sounds like shift cables are out of adjustment. When you put the boat in gear the RPM should go down a bit not up.