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    Loud Rattle On Startup

    All, I have a Yamaha '03 Fx140. 250 hours. Had the Jet pump bearing and inner bearings replaced last year. On startup, for the first five seconds, or so, the engine surges a bit and there is a very loud rattle/grinding noise. Then it all settles down to normal reduction gear noise, engine...
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    Loud Rattle On Startup

    All, I have a Yamaha '03 Fx140. 250 hours. Had the Jet pump bearing and inner bearings replaced last year. On startup, for the first five seconds, or so, the engine surges a bit and there is a very load rattle/grinding noise. Then it all settles down to normal reduction gear noise, engine...
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    Engine Not Running

    Slightly less than 60 on most cylinders. One was 30, the other almost 90.
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    Engine Not Running

    Checked the compression on two of the cylinders. Reading a peak of 60. Should I get a leak down tester next or what?
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    Engine Not Running

    It may be a fuel cooler, but it has a side hustle as being a float bowl! Fuel was purchased "recently". A few months ago by now. Haven't hooked up the tank since the rebuild. Coming straight from the can.
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    Engine Not Running

    Yeah, it's running pretty fast under those two conditions, shut it off after a few seconds. Oh, I was thinking compression was ok. Engine ran great before I started this project. I'll look into that.
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    Engine Not Running

    The Volvo system does? Unspent fuel does not return to the tank. It is sent to the float bowl then pumped back into the rail by the high pressure pump.
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    Engine Not Running

    Actually, yes, just stuck an inspection camera up the intake plenum orifices yesterday. 40
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    Engine Not Running

    I have a 1994 Volvo-Penta FI (Fuel Injected) V8 / Ford 302. I reglassed my boat and thus the engine sat for a few years before I could get to it. Now I am having problems getting it to run. It will only run with full throttle. It started right up when I had the intake plenum off. This is w/o...
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    Manifold & Risers no longer available

    I am all for making a bracket. What is considered the "Volvo standard elbow"? This is the best I can do on short notice, the riser goes into a 90 deg elbow to the exhaust tube.
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    Manifold & Risers no longer available

    The computer case bolts onto the starboard riser.
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    Manifold & Risers no longer available

    Yes, it's a Ford 302. Thanks to all for the suggestions. I'll have a look around. I was just googling the VP part #s which wasn't working.
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    Manifold & Risers no longer available

    Yes. It would run for a few secs on water, then stall. The mating surfaces between riser and manifold were rusty. I filed them down and got new gaskets. Ran the engine for 20 mins to get it up to temp, ran fine.
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    Manifold & Risers no longer available

    I have a '94 5.0 Fi engine with aging risers and manifolds that will eventually / soon need to be replaced. I have looked at many sites, and don't see any available for my engine. Suggestions on what to do?
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    Exhaust Riser?

    It was only for about one minute. I had removed the fresh water pump, recirculating pump, alt, power steering. The engine hadn't been run in five years, and it needed both pumps replaced. One of the bolts holding the recirculating pump in place had broken, and I had my mech use his oxy torch...
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