What a headache... Had my '89 Stratos serviced earlier this year. New plugs, impeller, lower unit serviced. Motor has always ran great, just wasn't sure the last time it had been serviced before I bought it last year. First time I take it to the lake it jumps on plane fine and loses a lot of power. Put it in neutral, hammered down again and it seemed like it was only running on a couple cylinders. It would jump forward slightly, but back to barely running. Did this most of the day, so I just fished with trolling motor. End of day I slowly throttled in and it ran like normal all the way back to the ramp.

Next time I take boat out it wouldn't start at all. Cranking battery died tryinf so I replaced that. Went a couple weeks ago, thinking new battery might be it. Wrong. Came home, hooked to the muffs and same thing.

I can hear the click from choke when I push key in before turning. Starter is coming up and turning flywheel, just won't fire up. Primer bulb on fuel line is staying firm. Like I said it has new plugs. I know nothing about motors, but from reading online I've seen everything from power packs to timing... Wife isn't real crazy about taking it back to shop, our first youngin will be here in a couple weeks. Any ideas on what this might be??? If its something bolt on, I can probably YouTube my way through it. Thanks for any advice.