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  1. tpenfield

    Wires on trim posn sender frayed.

    Not much success in trying to re-connect the wires. It is best to replace the sender altogether.
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    Old gas in 2024

    Since your gasoline is already 'a year or two' old, I'd find a way to get it out of the boat. The 5 gallon jugs can be a bit pricey (about $20 each), but it may avoid some fuel issues next year. I have 6 jugs, so in order to get the 40+ gallons out of my boat, I have to put some in the...
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    Old gas in 2024

    I pumped 46 gallons out of my boat a couple of weeks ago . . . 20 gallons went in the vehicles and I have 25 gallons in reserve to add as needed. With a manual pump, I can pump about 30 gallons in an hour.
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    Bravo lll shift adjustement

    A bicycle pump may be better than a powered compressor for getting to 5 psi. As stated, that adjustment is really at the top of the shift cable using the adjustment tool. The only trick at the lower end is to get the end of the cable into its location in the linkage 'jaws'. Going the engine...
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    Anti-freeze Question . . . Change of Color ???

    I have not done anything about it. Maybe some day. :p
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    How does the raw water cooling system on the 4.5L dump water when the tstat is closed?

    As AD's picture shows there is a more direct path for water to go to the exhaust, which most of it does until the engine reaches temperature and opens the t-stat. The poppet valve controls a secondary feed to the exhaust in higher engine speed situations.
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    MPI fogging mixture vs fuel return

    FWIW - my engines (6.2 Merc) each burn 1.5 gallons per hour at idle when cold and go down to about 1.1 gallons per hour when warm. So, I'm running the engines (separately) for a full 30 minutes to make sure enough mix has gone to/through the system to purge the straight gasoline.
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    MPI fogging mixture vs fuel return

    Just as long as the engine is run long enough so that the fuel mix makes its way to the fuel rail and purges the straight gasoline. That may be a couple of minutes vs. the 15 mins or so that the service manuals describe.
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    2023 IBEX

    Me too . . . one of these years
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    MPI fogging mixture vs fuel return

    Just be mindful, that I drain the fuel tank and then add back in about 8 gallons of the 10:1 mix for the winterizing process. If one were to add oil to the remaining fuel at the end of the season, it may only be practical if the tank were fairly low. Since I hardly ever let the fuel tank get...
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    MPI fogging mixture vs fuel return

    Essentially you have to purge the non-mixed fuel from the fuel system. So, you attach a 10:1 mix to the incoming fuel line. It goes to the fuel filter where it meets up with a bunch of straight gasoline, on onto the pressure pump and fuel rail. So,initially the engine sees very little of the...
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    Anti-freeze Question . . . Change of Color ???

    I tried copper and brass, but no color change. Could be Zinc . . .
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    Anti-freeze Question . . . Change of Color ???

    Actually, I just want to figure out this color mystery 😀.
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    Anti-freeze Question . . . Change of Color ???

    Well, the boat is winterized and just awaiting the winter tarp. I did find a couple of threads on RV forums regarding AF loosing its color . . . no real detail though . . .
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    Anti-freeze Question . . . Change of Color ???

    Yes - I drained water from both the supply tank and the heater tank then added AF to the supply tank and ran it through the plumbing system via the various faucets waiting for the pink color of the AF to appear. Cold side . . . no problem. Hot side - came out clear. But after a while it was...
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    Anti-freeze Question . . . Change of Color ???

    Thanks guys. I'm not sure if my heater tank has a bypass valve, but that would certainly work. The water heater looks like this. . . Not sure which/where a by-pass valve would be? The drain that I use is the faucet on the lower left. Of course, being a boat, where the tank is located it is...
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    Anti-freeze Question . . . Change of Color ???

    OK, I know that the color of RV/Marine antifreeze is insignificant and more arbitrary. However, I've had a fairly strange occurrence in my winterizing last year and now this year. It seems that on the hot water side of my boat's plumbing system the AF goes in pink (or red for the -100˚F) and...
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    Quit My Job . . .

    Yes, but it's like growing hay when the sun is shining. :D
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    My hopes are that the ceramic does a better job than regular waxing. If I do the swim deck, it won't be as elaborate as the Formula and would be more of a '2-step' (female mold, finished part) process, rather than the '3-step' (plug, female mold, finished part) that I used before.
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    For the big 'W' . . I pumped out 46 gallons of gas from the fuel tank and have mixed up 8 gallons of the fogging mix to go back in the tank for fogging while I winterize the engines.
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