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    3.0 OMC Cobra Stern bellows and gimble questions

    I have a 1989 Cadorette bowrider with a 3.0 OMC with Cobra drive, I have had a marine friend help me remove the drive and take a look, we were going to grease it up but noticed the gimbles didnt look to great, not bad but not great, and had some water in the exhaust bellow, are the gimbles hard...
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    3.0 OMC cooling system flushing

    ged the impeller and thermostat, and reassembled it, want to flush out the system, have followed the seloc manual there, but as i read some posts and have been told, that is good for a fire starter, is there something I am missing or should be doing differently. thanks "fish until you cant hold...
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    flushing 3.0 OMC cooling system

    I am going to be putting new impeller and housing, and a new thermostat on today and was wondering what is the best way to flush the cooling system on the motor, 3.0 OMC with Cobra drive, raw water system and question #2, I am having rough idle(lumpy) and was wondering if a can of carb cleaner...
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    1989 3.0 OMC stern drive help needed

    I have just recieved this boat on a trade for a quad I had, runs great in the drive on muffs but have a few questions, i have a few screws missing on the stern drive, when I have muffs on and water going in, water comes out of these holes, I figure they are access holes, was wondering what they...
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    1989 3.0 OMC impeller housing

    I had issues with over heating on my 1989 Cadarette 3.0 OMC, took some great advice from you guys and started to check things out, as this is my first boat, The impeller was shot, burnt and actually burnt thru the housing, is this an odd part to purchace and is it a hard to find item, I am in...
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    1989 3.0 OMC cooling problems

    Thanks for the help earlier on the impeller, I removed it and it was a mess, sleeve it sits in was oblonged and caused it to even melt it way thru the housing, will be getting new impeller on Monday, and new housing, while I have it all apart, anything else I should check on the raw water system...
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    trying to find info

    I have a 1989 Cadorette bowrider 17.5 ft with a 3.0 litre OMC, trying to find a website that i can possibly run the VIN to get more info on the boat, possible series it is and so on, the boat is new to me and I am trying to find all the info I can about it, Any help is greatly appreciated
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    3.0 litre Omc heating issues (newbie to Inboards)

    I have a 1989 cadarette bowrider with 3.0 litre OMC, first time out overheated very quickly but ran fine for an hour or so in driveway with muffs on, i am new to inboards or boating for the fact, any help, i have noticed some postings regarding clogged lines and so forth, any help where to...
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