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    seafoam problem

    so I used seafoam on my outboard, used as directions said. ran the motor for 45 miutes after. now everytime I try to rev it it chokes out and stalls, even if I try to slowly increase the speed it starts coughing. never ran like this before and I know it has the symptoms of bad timing but it ran...
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    water pump gasket

    I just reicieved my water pump repair kit from iboats, there is only one paper gasket for the new metal plate, shouldn't there be two? one for the under the plate and one for between the plate and impeller housing? all the pictures only show one but my seloc manual says both should be replaced...
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    prop to big?

    I Just bought a 15 foot open bow sea nymph lake sport boat with a 1985 30 hp evinrude outboard. boat weighs about 700lbs and I plan on having about 4 people on board, the prop on this thing is a 10x15...every site I've looked at has suggested somewhere around a 10 1/2 x 11. I havent taken it on...
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    1985 evinrude 30 hp shaft is hot

    I just purchased my first used boat. The outboard runs great, and has warm water coming from the exaust ports and a steady cool stream from the peehole. the shaft seems to get pretty hot though and there is some some steam coming off of it, just a little bit. is this normal? sorry if this is a...
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