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    new owner

    Hello, I am a new owner of a Four Winns 205 sundowner and notice water coming out of the front bilge holes when I move the boat around,but I have no idea where to turn on the front bilge if there is one. Anybody know? thanks in advance
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    interior redo

    hello, im redoing the floor in my 1990 four winns 205 sundowner, would like to replace the drivers back to back e=with a bucket seat w/ pedestal. i have looked and looked but cant find anything close. Mine are lt. gray/maroon/dark gray, anything close will work. anybody have any ideas where to...
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    need initial timing help

    I just replaced the heads on my 1988 omc 4.3, pre loaded the rockers to spec, got the motor to tdc #1, set distributor facing #1 cylinder and put everything back together and not even close on the timing, started a little but ran rough. what did I do wrong? please help
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    Gaskets

    I cannot find gaskets for my motor. 1988 omc 4.3 I need a head gasket set, Iboats believes it is a 18-1275, but not sure, exhaust gaskets, and thermostat gasket.. can somebody help me out, this is harder than fixing the boat. Thanks
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    cracked head

    I had /have water in my oil and i removed port side head and found water on top of each piston, examined head and found a 2" crack in the middle(v6) cylinder at the exhaust valve. Would this be my smoking gun or should i go deeper? thanks
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    water in oil

    Noticed water in oil about 5 miles from dock, puked up chocolate milk through pcv valve all over engine, accessed situation and decided to run it back and see waht happened. had good oil pressure and cool temp. made it back no problem, ran 3k rpm and kept checking and didn't puke any more. Got...
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    smoked impeller after 10 minutes

    1990 omc 4.3L running hot, changed impeller, tested with muffs to make sure water was discharging, put in water and engine heats up to 200* and keeps going, ran for about 15 minutes at most, checked impeller and was melted and cage was rotated 90* I did remove the inlet hose and it was...
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    Stilllllllllll running hottt

    Let me start over real quick.. 1988 OMC 4.3 v6in a Four Winns 205 Sundowner. Origininally runniing hot, 180-190, never overheated, oil is good, oil pressure is good. changed head gaskets, intake gaskets, asked here for help and over whelmingly was told Impeller. While i was waiting for...
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    Motor replacement- what wires go where?

    swapped out my 1990 omc 4.3 with a 1988 omc 4.3, hooked up the main power plug, seem to have power to all instruments, motor starts and runs. I'm not sure about temp guage and for sure not tilt/trim motor. i'm not sure what to look for or where it goes, is there anything i'm missing? this is a...
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    Exhaust flaps omc

    last week I removed my outdrive and noticed something wrapped around the shifting lever on the outdrive. It was black plastic all melted and distorted and un recognizable. after reading for hours on this wonderful site I decided to look at the exhaust Y pipe, as my motor is out already, I could...
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    1989 OMC help please

    ok, heres what i did so far, new starter ,new belts, just replaced both head gaskets,manifold gaskets,and intake gasket. marina says after all work done might have possible crack in head, motor runs great with muffs,but when in water still would overheat and lose power in gear. Does this sound...
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    New engine advice/recommendations

    1990 OMC Cobra 4.3 cracked block, pulled motor and actually was very easy. Now, I don't want to rush the next step, but I want my boat back running. I would like to know if anybody has any advice on who sells the best, cheapest long blocks? but I would rather buy a complete motor so I can just...
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    New used boat= cracked block

    Hello, long story but, I just bought a used boat with a gm 4.3 engine('90), OMC outdrive, went to look at it, they ran it for 20 minutes with muffs and everything looked great, no leaks anywhere, so I bought it. I brought the boat out with the kids to go tubing, got about 300 yards out and...
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    killed dads boat part 2

    ok, i overheated dads boat, 1980 evinrude 35hp, replaced the water pump and it wont start, looks like water on the plugs. did a compression test on top cylinder and got about 45 but it wouldnt hold in the guage, as soon as i stopped cranking the guage it would go to zero. The bottom cylinder...
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    Killed dads boat

    Ok, i was fishing and realized no water was coming out the discharge tube and the motor was really hot, I shut it down and paddled back about 2 miles. We changed the water pump and everything but now the motor wont start. I took out the spark plugs and water was in the bottom cylinder. I put...
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    1980 35 hp overheating

    Hello I have a 1980 35 hp that overheated, stopped spitting water. We pulled the water pump assembly apart and the impeller was still in one piece, i expected no fins to be there at all. It wasn't in very good shape but still together. Is there any other reason this would have overheated...
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    35 Evinrude doggy

    1980 35 hp evinrude, runs good at half throttle but when you go to full throttle it doggs out, and it seems to run better with the manual choke pulled out. Just got the boat from a friend who hasn't used it in 2 years. Has new gas as well. any suggestions? thanks in advance
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