IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Because ol your valued investment we
here at Mercury Marine also value you as a
consumer
c3f the finest outboard products
sold in the world. It is for this reason we
suggest
YOLI
break
-
in your new outboard
motor in
thr* following fashion
This
break-~n assures that all moving parts
"
wear
-
in
"
evenly to ensure a longer engine
hfe and optimum performance
Operate your new outboard
motor at var
-
ied throttle settings
-
riot to exceed
1/2
throttle (2500
-
3500 RPM) during the first
hour or the first five gallons of break
-
in
fuel. Refer
lo
"
Fuel Mixture and Gasoline/
Oil
Recom~nendations"
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"
Break
-
In Fuel
Mixture.
"
During the second hour operation, or the
second 5 gallons of break
-
in fuel, operate
the outboard at varied throttle settings not
to exceed 4500 RPM.
DO NOT OPERATE YOUR NEW OUT
-
BOARD MOTOR AT FULL THROTTLE
UNTIL THE SECOND HOUR
OF
BREAK
-
IN IS COMPLETED.
This includes full
throttle
acct leration pull~ng waterskiers,
or
w~de oper throttle runnlng
After the first two hours of running, approx
-
imately 1Og~llons of fuel, full throttle oper
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ation may br attained, but not sustained,
for the
rerralning brzak-ln fuel (approxl-
rnately 5 gall ms)
For the next five hodrs of
operation,
full
throttle
opsritron may, agaln, be attained.
but
~t is stron jly not rtAcommended for sus
-
tained use fNot mole than 5 minutes of
continuous
wde ope? throttle
)
ACAUTION
SEVERE DAMAGE to your engine can
result by not complying with the preceding
break
-
in procedures.