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    I need help finding Volvo Penta parts!

    Maybe I am overlooking the obvious, but does anyone know of a good website that you can buy volvo penta parts. Iboats sends you to the volvo penta company and I would like to find somewhere that has exploded views and a parts number list. I try to buy from iboats when I can, but I was hoping for...
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    Steam coming from my exhaust ports

    I recently was able to buy a 1988, alumacraft fishing boat with a 30hp evinrude that my dad bought new and was the boat we fished out of when I was a kid. The boat had set up for about 3 or 4 years before I got it. I changed the water pump, tested the thermostat (it opened at 140) and changed...
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    Any advice on new trim tab setup?

    I recently put new smart tabs on my 06' Rinker 192. Originally I had issues with porpoising. Now with the new tabs, porpoising is eliminated and I have noticed planning at a much slower speed. The problem I now have, is as soon as the boat planes, it lists to the left. I am currently running a 4...
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    Installing smart tabs on my Rinker

    After reading about how much smart tabs have helped people who were battling the same performance problems I am having (porpoising and excessive bow rise before the boat planes off) my wife bought me smart tabs for Christmas. I am about to install and have been reading how different people...
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    1988 30hp will not pump water

    The other day I posted "1988 30 hp will not start". I want to thank everyone for all the different ideas. It turns out, after asking the previous owner about the gas in the tank, he decided it was about 4 years old. I'm thinking it was more water, sludge, sticks and rocks than gas. New gas and a...
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    1988 30hp outboard will not start!

    I recently bought a small fishing boat that my dad bought new in 88'. It was the boat he and I fished in when I was a kid. Anyway, he sold the boat and 20 years later I ran across the man who bought it and he sold it to me. I was amazed, it looked exactly like it did 20 years ago. Long story...
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    Replacing vinyl upholstery

    I recently bought a Rinker 192, that had been sitting at a dealer all summer. We got a ton of rain this year in the South and apparently the boat sat outside, uncovered for most of the time at the dealer. The padding on the engine compartment was completely saturated and would not dry out. I...
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    Any thoughts about those teflon bunk slides?

    I recently bought a Rinker 192, and its a little harder to get it to slide all the way up on the trailer. Our local ramp is pretty steep and I just haven't found the sweet spot in the water for the trailer when we put the boat back on. It seems I have to use more power than I did previously with...
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    Question about winterizing a 4.3 Volvo Penta

    I am new to the inboard/outboard world. I have a 2006 Rinker 192 with a 4.3 Volvo Penta engine. When I drain the water from the drain plugs in the block, intake manifold and exhaust manifolds, should I leave the plugs out for the winter, or put them back in? Also, if I am going to fog the...
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    2006 Rinker 192 Captiva-Porpoises at normal cruise

    I recently purchased a 2006 Rinker 192 Captiva with a 190 Volva Penta, SX outdrive. It came with a four bladed 14.25 x 19p prop. Test drove the boat and it seem to do well (practically empty gas tank). When I took it home, filled the 35 gallon tank with gas and took the family out (wife and two...
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