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I started up my boat and noticed water leaking from the flywheel cover. I pulled of the cover to find a 3 inch in diameter brass fitting to be laying at the bottom of the flywheel. Any idea what it is?
I have an 2.3 OMC Cobra Outdrive and I got a new lower unit to put on it. I thought I put it back together correctly, but when I took it to the lake I had a few problems.
1. There was no reverse, it would make a grinding noise but it would not go into reverse.
2. After running the boat for a...
Just wondering if it is a hard job to replace the forward and reverse gears in my lower unit, and if it takes special tools. Its for a 2.3L cobra outdrive.
89 2.3 OMC Cobra
I made a mistake and let my brother borrow my boat, while on the the lake he decided to try to go up a creek, to make a long story short, he returned the boat with a the prop all mangled. I replaced the prop and took the boat back out. I noticed a few things right off the bat...
89 2.3 OMC Ford. Boat overheated to 225 degrees and I shut it down after I realized it has overheating. Fixed the overheating problem and now when I take it out and I try to give it some throttle I hear a knocking sound coming from engine. The boat puts out quite a bit of white smoke when I run...
I have an 89 2.3 OMC. I have been having problems with a small rattle noise coming from the engine. The engine will idle fine but when start giving it gas it starts making a small knocking noise. This only happens while the boat is in the water. When you run it on the muffs you can not hear any...
I took my boat out and noticed a small knocking noise coming from my engine when I accelerated. I could not hear it while idling. I took the boat out of water and I put some reslone compression repair fluid in the engine. The knocking is gone but there is some white smoke coming from exhaust. Is...
89 VIP VISION 2.3 L Cobra
When I try to start my boat it starts up the first time then dies and then I cant get it started again. Also the throttle is very hard to get to move in forward and reverse. Any Suggestions on what might be wrong????
Just took a boat I bought to the lake yesterday. The previous owner told me that the boat ran hot during idle. I replaced the impeller and found out that someone put the wrong size impeller in the boat, then I checked the thermostat and found that it was not working. I took the thermostat out...
I just bought a boat and it was overheating so I looked at the impeller and noticed that it was crammed insides the impeller liner. Is the impeller suppose to be touching the liner?
Re: how much is this outboard motor worth
Hey i was sent the wrong photo. That other one was a honda. Here is the Nissan. I know its not a 200 but it still looks like a decent motor. He will give be both of them for $300 just to clear space in his work shop.
This is a 2003 Nissan 200 hp Outboard motor. 4 stroke, electric start, has ignition box and is in excellent condition. I attached a picture of the motor. I was wondering if anyone knew how much is was worth? A friend was moving and gave it to me.
