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  1. Lou C

    9.9hp water in crankcase oil

    The other causes could be corrosion on the sealing surfaces of the cyl head and block, a corroded through area between a water passage and oil passages, or a cracked head or block. Looking at pix of outboard taken apart, corrosion where the head gasket seals on the block or cyl head is not that...
  2. Lou C

    Bellows replacement

    What I’ve done besides using OEM parts is to pull the drive at the end of each season & check for small cracks starting in the folds. When you see that, it means that the rubber is starting to get hard & less flexible. For me that’s usually 10 years. So my next replacement is in 2 years.
  3. Lou C

    Lifespan of 4.3 V6?

    Even after an overheat blown HGs & water in the oil 6 years after the top end overhaul mines at 160-170. Can’t ask for better than that!
  4. Lou C

    Lifespan of 4.3 V6?

    The 4.3 is really 3/4s of a 5.7. The main differences are the split journal even fire crankshaft; and the balance shaft on the later models. Neither of these usually causes problems or results in a shorter lifespan. Then on the 4.3 V6 cyl heads you don’t have a pair of exhaust ports right next...
  5. Lou C

    Lifespan of 4.3 V6?

    Yep that’s what happens. It depends on what kind of water you boat in. If in freshwater that can last a very long time. In salt water I plan on inspecting & likely replacing every 5-7 seasons. Doing that I never had a failure from the exhaust in 20 seasons in salt water. What some people find is...
  6. Lou C

    Bellows replacement

    An OEM bellows can last as long as 10 years, I feel it’s well worth it.
  7. Lou C

    Lifespan of 4.3 V6?

    I’m still running an original 1988 pre Vortec short block on mine. Replaced the cyl heads in 2017, still running well. They will last as long as you maintain the exhaust system & avoid overheating. And this one has been run in salt water for over 20 seasons. If one of these had water in the oil...
  8. Lou C

    How do you all like your remote oil filter setups?

    I researched that this past year. I wanted one because I have to pull out half of the rear seat to get at mine and move the battery back on that side. I heard about changing the block bypass valve, and looked into that. Here's the thing. The V6 and the V8 are different in this respect. On the V8...
  9. Lou C

    Off-Season Float Battery Charging, 2 Batteries

    same, I seem to average 7 years of good use on my Deka gp 27 dual purpose batteries
  10. Lou C

    Penta 4.3 GL in saltwater?

    I think there is a difference from the 95 & older models and the 96 & up. 95 & older had a steel pan & 96 and up has an alloy pan that seems bigger. My old ‘88 with the steel pan takes 4 US qts to fill.
  11. Lou C

    Off-Season Float Battery Charging, 2 Batteries

    I charge em and turn the batt switch off; during the winter I’ll open up the cover & charge em every 2/3 months depending on the weather. If they are dead in the spring then you needed to replace them anyway. Keeping them on a maintainer all winter can mask a weak battery that won’t hold a charge.
  12. Lou C

    Looking for pump to drain oil through dipstick tube

    If you can get to the drain plug to add a drain hose then sure it might get a bit more oil out than using the vacuum pump but in many cases you can’t even reach it with the engine in place.
  13. Lou C

    Looking for pump to drain oil through dipstick tube

    That’s what some of the Yamaha owners say. Cannot overtorque them at all. I have a little Suzuki DF 2.5 and never had that problem so who knows?! Never had problems with drain/fill plugs in lower units either.
  14. Lou C

    Looking for pump to drain oil through dipstick tube

    Well if you do some reading on the Hull Truth which is very outboard based; stripped engine oil drain plugs are common on Yamahas. Hence why some people use vacuum pumps on them too. And don’t feel there is any big drawback to it.
  15. Lou C

    Fuel injected parts no longer available

    If it’s a Ford & a JV drive, and the engine has the Ford EFI and that unobtanium Splitfire ignition system figure in finding a Ford cast iron 4 bbl intake a mechanical fuel pump & Holley 4bbl carb. These engines originally had a points distributor that you can sometimes find used. Since the...
  16. Lou C

    98 Horizon 180 pull engine to change starter?

    That (removing interior panels) and sometimes removing the exhaust system on that side will give you access.
  17. Lou C

    Looking for pump to drain oil through dipstick tube

    Well for those of us with inboards or I/Os that’s the only way!
  18. Lou C

    Fuel injected parts no longer available

    Cleaning and rebuilding this was actually less of a headache for me than rebuilding the Zama carb on my Husky chain saw! The parts on those little cube carbs are really tiny. It did run much better though when I was done with it.
  19. Lou C

    Looking for pump to drain oil through dipstick tube

    I like this, the Topsider, all metal construction, this one is over 20 years old and works great.
  20. Lou C

    Oil Analysis for high-hour 4.5L 250 HP

    I spoke with the guys at Michigan Motorz about this and they hardly ever get a core to reman. That might be good news, maybe Merc did a better job than GM.
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