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    3.0L Merc Manifold

    I drained the exhaust manifold and heat exchanger for the first time this morning. This may be a dumb question, but is it normal for little water to come out of the manifold, and what did come out was black with carbon/soot? The last time I had the boat out, I ran it several hours in fresh...
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    Correct Prop?

    I have an 18' runabout with a 1994 3.0L mercruiser installed. The boat had a very trashed old prop from the 70's on it when I got it. The local prop shop sold me a reconditioned later model prop with a 23" pitch that he thought should be about right for the boat. The boat probably weighs about...
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    Fuel Pump

    Having just read the post by cslaydon, I think I have a similar problem. My engine, 1994 3.0L does have the clear tube from the carb. I have noticed at idle that there seems to be fuel running down the tube away from the carb. I could be wrong about the direction of flow, but it looks like there...
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    Frozen Prop

    I have been reading with a lot of interest about all of you guys that have problems with props frozen on the shaft. I was the lucky guy that got a new old boat with the same problem. 1971 18' Hourston Glasscraft, 3.0LX 1995? Mercruiser complete repower (leg included)in 1997? I got the boat from...
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