I'm heading over to Cayo Costa this coming Sunday with the wife, kids, mom, stepdad, and aunt. Any other people in the area want to meet up?<br /><br />Can anyone give me some good gps coordinates or waypoints for areas to beach? I've never been over there, so this will be quite an adventure. We...
2000 Merc 3.0 Alpha 1 Gen2<br /><br />About to change the oil. After reading many threads here, and this oil page on Mercury's site, I have come to the conclusion that Castrol HD 40 would be ok to run. If I'm wrong, please correct me.<br /><br />I am a bit low on tilt fluid. Can anyone tell me...
I took the boat out last night and putted around the river so I could get it up to temp and adjust the idle speed. While I was adjusting, I noticed some oil in the bilge. After looking around a bit I found the source. Right under the main crank pully. I suspect either the front main seal or the...
Yesteday I took the boat out for a bit....when started it up I forgot to fully lower the outdrive. I put it in reverse and heard one hell of a racket. I put it back in neutral and found the problem and lowered the outdrive. No more noise in reverse after that. No leaks from the bellows or...
Fellow Port Charlotte person here. New to boating in the area. Any help, tips, advice, directions, or words would be appriciated. <br /><br />you can email if ya want. megatom@gmail.com<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />Tom
I've searched and can't find a good answer. What octane should I be running. The dealer told me 87 was fine...but with my recent dieseling I'm not sure.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Tom
We took the boat out today for a run up the river and a bit of tubing. Never really had it opened up...never over about 25mph. When I shut it down to pull the tube in, it dieseled pretty bad. The temp was normal so I dunno what's causing this.<br /><br />I see some posts about adjusting the...
I've got a 2000 Rinker 180 with the Mercruiser 3.0L. I just installed a new battery last week and all seemed fine. Last night I put my battery-maintainer on it and went to bed.<br /><br />This morning I came out to check on it and all was good. I wanted to see how running all the accesories...
