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    1988 cobra bellows replacement

    Need some guidance here, noticed some water in the bilge and have never had an issue with that before. When drive is trimmed up, some visible wear is obvious on the u joint bellow. I ordered a new one and pulled drive. Gimbal bearing seems to spin smooth with no sound. My question is, how do I...
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    OMC 5.0 305 WOT issues

    Have had issues for a few years now, boat runs good for a bit, then has trouble reaching WOT, will bog and surge when trying to achieve WOT. I’ve replaced nearly the entire fuel system, with no real improvements, other than slightly. Pulled my distributor cap today, boat has a pertonix...
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    OMC bogging/power loss issues

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    OMC bogging/power loss issues

    Have a 1988 Four winns 215 Sundowner with a 5.0 OMC GM 305. Have had this WOT bog problem to where it will run good and have tons of power up until like 85% of throttle, if you go past that it will bog down and sit at like 2500-3000RPM. If i accelerate slowly, I can get it up to around 4000. I...
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    OMC 5.0 305 wot lag and power surge

    Having an issue with my 5.0 305 OMC in my 1988 215 four winns sundowner. When i slowly give it throttle I can get it close to Wot but once I give it full throttle it looses power and speed. If I leave it at 3/4 throttle sometimes itll surge forward with more power then lose power and it keeps...
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    Milky lower unit oil

    Have milky lower unit oil in my mercruiser pre alpha MC-1. I drained the oil and it was milky, put new oil in and ran it on muffs, redrained the oil and it was milky again. I know the proper way is to pressure test and I plan to have that done, but I would like to use the boat this weekend. My...
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