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Hi Folks,
I haven't been on here much because things have been going well for my 1985 Ebtide Bowrider with a 170 Mercruiser Alpha 1. That is until last Tuesday.
It was a beautiful day with little chop when I took the boat off the mooring gathered gear and a friend and was up on the plane heading...
HI,
I just got my 1985 mercruiser 170 running for the season. Toward the end of last year I kept having to add coolant almost every trip. So after running the engine for about 45 min I shut it down and started searching for leaks. I found a tiny pool of coolant in the front under the water pump...
Hi
I have two problems with my 170 mercruiser.
1) yesterday I was 5 miles from my home port in Provincetown, MA traveling at about 3000 rpm when my engine suddenly began to overheat. as the temp quickly reached 200 I shut down and anchored up until the engine cooled down to to 160. I added some...
Hi Folks,
I am a newbie here but I am a bit mechanically inclined. I have a 1985 Ebtide with a 170 mercruiser. When I got this boat 5 years ago it had never seen the ocean now it lives in it all summer and near it all winter, so stuff has been happening to it.
Last year the starter was sized...
