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Hi All. This problem just started a few weeks ago. I turn the key to start and the starter spins but does not engage. Slave solenoid? All connections are tight and the battery is strong. 2005 maxum 1800 mx 3.0 Mercriuser. Your Thoughts.
Hi All, I was running the boat on the hose today and had a odd problem. It quit cold on me and when I tried to restart it fired for a few seconds and then all the gages went crazy and it died again. I tried to restart but everything was dead except the trim gage. I flipped the run stop switch...
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Just added a fuel water separator to my 3.0 due to concerns regarding ethanol. I just wondered if anyone prefills the filter canister with fuel before putting it on? The canister is at least 1/2 quart size so I don't want to crank a long time on the starter...
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First post here. I am putting the cylinder head back on my 2005 3.0 and have a question since the manual does not seem to mention anything about this. Do you put the head on and just put the pushrods back down in the pushrod holes and seat them on the lifters? Or is there some other...
