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    Tach is WAY off

    Make sure the setting on the back of the tach is set for six cylinders.
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    Exhaust Bellow

    You should be good. Exhaust bellows are not a critical as drive bellows.
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    Head gasket? Cracked head?

    You might remove all spark plugs and do a quick compression test of all cylinders. good compression might rule out cylinder damage, indicating its in the upper portion of the engine. Did you remember to drain the intake manifold, a separate plug on the V6`s.
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    Trim gauge '02 H180 GXi

    Trim sender are notorious for going bad quickly. Sometimes a couple years is about all you get. A very poor design for what they cost. Either drastically reduce the cost or make them to last. Best advice, unless you have money to burn is to learn to go without. I time mine, full up to full down...
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    5.7 Volvo Penta Overheating at Idle

    In addition, make sure you do not have more than one O ring on the Impeller pump housing. Sometimes they get one or more stacked and cause the pump to suck air. Happened to me.
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    DPS-A trim sensor drives me nuts

    Trim sensors are notoriously unreliable. I have been through three on my boat and the current one now does not work. Why Volvo cant come up with a better design, I do not know. I have just gone to a timing routine where I mentally count down the seconds it takes to go from full up to full down...
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    Serpentine Belt Issue

    As a general rule, if the pully is grooved, the belt inside rests on it. if it is smooth, the outside of the belt will rest against it.
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    Failed Exhaust Bellows

    Exhaust water and gasses is designed to drain there when the engine is at idle. It will not pass thru the prop until running at speed in the water. You are good.
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    99 5.0 GI Volvo Penta siezed

    You might want to contact your insurance company as it should be covered.
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    SX outdrive stuck or was now broke :(

    Yep, your drive shaft is stuck in the coupler or gimble bearing so seized to the drive shaft and transom shield that it broke where it did. Not to beat you up but this is why drives need to be pulled annually, inspected, maintained and re-greased liberally.
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    trim limit spacers

    Or just remove it completely. Having a little more lift is not a bad thing.
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    Water pump screws

    My screws are stainless.
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    Prop shaft vs crankshaft alignment on DPS-A

    I`ll take a look at mine tonight and compare. I just know when mine is fully down, there is a negative cant to the propeller line.
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    Winterizing a 2004 3.0 glm-b

    Just pull all engine and manifold plugs, and water pump in line and let the water drain out. I`m assuming this is only temporary, not for an extended period of time?
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    Prop shaft vs crankshaft alignment on DPS-A

    If your trim rams are showing two inches of ram showing then something is definitely wrong, mine retract to the hilt. You have something out of place within your rams preventing it from complete retraction. You may need to disable them to see what the problem is. It may be a limiting spacer...
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    Hydrolocked - now what??

    I think you need to find a new mechanic. You probably have a bad manifold, riser or gasket. it is very unlikely that water came in from the carb. You might try doing a compression check to see how badly damaged that cylinder is before planning on replacing the engine.
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    Slack in DPS-A steering?

    Mine is the same way, your good.
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    Riser gaskets

    When I did mine, I went with the metal OEM ones with a coating of spray copper sealer.
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    5.7 Spark plug wire help please

    Small block wires should basically all be the same length. Most boat wires have a 90degree boot. So as long as your distributor ends are compatible with your cap, it should be a fairly easy process. Only remove one old wire at a time and use it to match up in length from the new wires and replace.
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    VIDEO Help: Post Texas Freeze Leak

    Look at Michiganmotorz. I purchased a new GXI block from them and doing the work myself only had about 4K in costs. It takes a little time and effort but fairly easy to do, the hardest part was getting the old block out and the new one in.
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