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    Lou C replied to the thread Water in Oil.
    https://www.perfprotech.com/blog/boat-and-engine-technical-tips/marine-exhaust-systems/mercruiser-4-3l-v6-exhaust-manifolds-2
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    Lou C replied to the thread Birds in the boat . . ..
    I had to resort to 3 Gullsweeps to keep birds off my boat during the season, and also keep the old nasty fake cats around just in case...
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    Lou C replied to the thread Birds in the boat . . ..
    I had them attacking the side mirrors on my old 98 Jeep while I wasn’t driving it for a year or so. As soon as I started using it again...
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    Lou C replied to the thread Bellows adhesive or not?.
    The compression seal on the stern end of the bellows is used on all OMC Cobra and Volvo SX models; as long as it’s installed properly...
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    Lou C replied to the thread Sealing the U-Joint Bellows watertight on an OMC Cobra.
    The most important things on the Cobra bellows install, is to make sure that: the ridge that's in the bellows lip fits into the groove...
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    Lou C replied to the thread Water in Oil.
    Change oil 2-3x get new exhaust bolted up take boat to lake, run it up on plane after warm up to get it nice and hot to boil out any...
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    Lou C replied to the thread Water in Oil.
    I recall reading somewhere that when GM bought out the Vortec V6s the engines cost l more they came up with this idea to save money...
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    Lou C replied to the thread Gas/water separator filter.
    And also dump the gas into a mason jar, this allows you to get a sense of what's in your fuel, and if your fuel tank might need...
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    Lou C replied to the thread Water in Oil.
    Merc makes an OEM kit, and Barr Marine makes an aftermarket kit, I have used Barr with good results on my OMC, which also had the one...
  • Lou C
    Lou C replied to the thread Water in Oil.
    Is this one of the Merc 4.3s with the one piece exhaust manifolds (‘96-‘99), if so these are known for failure & leaking water back into...
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    Lou C replied to the thread BMW headlight . . . $1,000 !!!.
    That’s my resistance to newer vehicles, and even though I know outboards are “better”, less maintenance I still have the crusty old OMC I/O.
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    Lou C replied to the thread BMW headlight . . . $1,000 !!!.
    I’ve used Crown aftermarket for both my 98 & 07 Jeeps. For the 07 a pair of OEM was $ 600, for aftermarket it’s about 1/3 of that, and...
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    Lou C reacted to Scott Danforth's post in the thread BMW headlight . . . $1,000 !!! with Like Like.
    and it will outlast your BMW by decades. thats why my next truck will be a 1967 GMC with a stretched cab and 2-valve Cummins diesel...
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    Lou C replied to the thread BMW headlight . . . $1,000 !!!.
    Just replaced the H4 ECE headlights on my 98 Grand Cherokee with the same aftermarket Crown units; the old ones were at least 15 years...
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    Lou C replied to the thread Bellows adhesive or not?.
    Merc said to use adhesive, OMC said to use sealer, I'm still in the OMC tribe for now so I use the sealer. I can say this, using that...
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