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Hi, I have a rusty, drippy oil pan on an old bayliner explorer that needs to come out. I was wondering if anyone has done this and happens to know if it will come out without pulling the engine. Also, I found a used oil pan on ebay for a AQ120, which looks the same and has the same number of...
I have been trying to solve a long term problem with my solex 44pai carburetor. The symptoms are these: the engine starts up and will rev up in neutral easily while cold, but does not like to rev from 1000 to 2000 rpm in gear (engine stalls) until it is fully up to temp (180-190 on the gauge)...
The other day I was out running at 1200 RPM when my engine just quit on me. Now when I turn it over it sounds like there is no compression and the timing belt does not move even though the fly wheel is turning. Has anyone had this happen before or is this a common malfunction? The timing belt...
I have a 1985 20' Bayliner with an aq 125 Volvo Penta. The last three times out on the water, my engine has stalled after 15 minutes of running at 3800 RPMs. I always warm it up to temp at the dock (otherwise it won't rev up without stalling) for about 10 minutes. So in total this is...