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    1990 4.3 liter dies after about 30-45 minutes

    I have a 1990 celebrity with the 4.3 liter mercruiser motor in it and after about 30-45 minuts it will die over about 2000 rpm, it will start right back up and you have to keep it at low rpms for it not to die. I had this problem before and then the boat wouldnt even start up and i replaced the...
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    4.3 MERCRUISER STARTER

    MY 1990 CELEBRITY WITH A 4.3 LITER MERCRUISER NEEDS A STARTER, FROM MERCRUISER IT IS 250 DOLLARS BUT I CAN GET ONE FROM ORIELYS FOR 80 DOLLARS. THEY SAID IT IS JUST A REGULAR CHEVY STARTER. IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE? IF THERE IS IS IT GOING TO MATTER IF I PUT THE DIFFERENT STARTER ON? THANKS IN...
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    OUTDRIVE/DRIVE UNIT NOISE

    Have a slight problem, I have a 1990 Celebrity Mercuiser motor Alpha One outdrive. In idle with the steering wheel straight ahead there is no noise, you turn the steering wheel either right or left and there is a very loud bearing type humming noise. Also when you are driving the boat at just...
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    mercruiser 4.3 alpha one outdrive loose

    I have noticed lately that my outdrive sounds kind of noisy. If you turn the steering wheel while its idling it goes away in certain positions. With it out of the water it is loose you can move it from side to side very easily but the steering wheel doesnt move. Any help would be great!! :D
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    4.3 mercruiser flooding after running and then turning off

    I have a 1990 celebrity with a 4.3 mercruiser motor with a 2 barrell carb on it. It runs fine and if you kill it and then start it right back up it fires right up. But if you let it sit for about 3-4 minutes it gets flooded. After you turn they key off it keeps pumping gas into the carb for...
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    1990 mercruiser 4.3 no spark

    I am getting no spark out of the distributor to the plugs,i have power on both sides of thecoil. tried replacing the coil and that didnt fix it. Was going to order a new ignition sensor in the distributor but thought I would pick some peoples brains first. Its a Thundervolt system. Last year at...
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