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    Seaswirl Syndrome

    As much as I love my Seaswirl, I recently found out about an issue know by local mechanics as the Seaswirl Syndrome. The issue relates to water getting into the gas tank through the instrumentation penetrations on the top of the tank. My boat is a Year 1999 and as the tank gets older the top of...
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    Oil Vacuum issue on 225 EFI

    My buddy is having problems with his oil system on a Mecury 225 EFI Y2000. The engine compartment resovoir is not drawing oil from the main tank on 1 of the 2 motors. When applying a vacuum pump to the line leading to the main tank we noticed the brass fitting under the resovoir tank allowed air...
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    Exhaust question.

    Is it normal to have no exhaust bubbles comming through the prop at idle? 1999 130 Johnson. ebird99
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    Bouncing Bendix

    99 Johnson 130hp After my motor starts the starter bendix appears to release normal, however it then bounces back up and hits the flywheel making a loud "ding" with a spark, is that normal? Its a brand new oem bendix that I just put on because the original one spun and got stuck on the worm gear...
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    Help, I can't get it going

    1999 Johnson 130hp I am currently starting and idleing fine, until the warm up "high" idle comes down, then I slowly lose rpm until it stalls. If it doesn't stall right away it does stall when I give it a little throttle. I've added fuel conditioner and replaced the plugs and fuel filter, but...
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    Starter Test

    OK, before you read this, I must state that "I am not smarter than a 5th grader". 99 130 Johnson, I had my starter off to put a new drive gear on, so I figured why not clean out the magnet dust and clean up the brushes and rotor copper. Everything went well, the starter is back on the boat and...
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    2000 Polaris Virage TX, 1200 3 seater

    Does anybody know the top speed of a 2000 Polaris Virage TX, 1200 3 seater stock 135hp? (Thanks in advance)
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    How fast is a 98 yamaha XL1200?

    Does anybody know the top end speed on this?
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    yamaha stops running

    I have a 96 wvt700 and it runs great for 20 minutes, then it doesn't go above 10 mph. It fells like the rev limiter is restricting the performance. This happens quite consistently. 20 minutes and I'm putting back to the dock. I've changed the fuel filter and also did a test run with the...
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    Water in exhaust tank?

    I found about a quart of water in my exhaust tank/pipe. Is this normal, or should I drain it? 1996 Yamaha VT700U ebird99
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    O ring lube?

    130hp 1999 4cyl Johnson Outboard<br /><br />I am replacing the 2 shift rod o-rings that are located in the shift rod cover. Is there a specific kind of lube I need to use on the rod? and on the o-rings?<br />Thxs in advance for any help<br /><br />eBird99
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    1999 130 hp Johnson Bogs down in cold weather

    I have a 1999 130 Johnson 4 cyl that has a hard time reving up from idle when the water/air is around or below 55 degrees. Sounds like it is running on 2 cylinders (lot of vibration). If I take it back to idle then rev again it eventually takes off just fine. Runs great in warmer weather. ps...
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    Impellar installation

    I am attempting to remove the lower unit on a Johnson 1999 130hp to replace the water pump. It appears to be hung up on linkage or something. Do I force it or is there a disconnect somewhere? Thanks
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