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    motor runs too cool!

    i know most of the problems regarding cooling is overheating, not underheating! my 96 225 runs too cool! at idle it rarely ever gets over 115. when i get up in rpms it does warm up some but never over 130- i replaced the t-stats and there was no change (143degree). one guy says its the poppet...
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    electronic oil injection question

    i have a 95 225 merc carb motor, the oil injection was dissabled and since i do alot of drifting around the chesapeake bay bridge tunnel was thinking about buying the aftermarket oil injection kit thats available but wanted to get some feedback. premixing my oil now has my motor loading up and...
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    whats killing my coils/cdms?

    i just replaced one of my cdms on my 225 /3 litre 95 and it crapped out! it was a cdi module and was wondering if another component ie: stator or even the ecu could be killing the cdm. its actually the second new one in 8 months--thanks in advance for your help
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    stator or ecu?

    i cant get a mechanic out for a couple of weeks as my boat is in the water. im having all kinds of crazy things going on with my 95' carb 225! first it was running fine to start with but then after a few hours it would crap out and then just stall. then last week it wouldnt run at all one day...
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    interrupter switch question

    can one of you guys tell me which three cylinders interrupter switch kills on my 95' 3.0 liter?
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    95' 225 carb stalling/buzzer

    got the cooling issue rexolved, replaced the thrmostats and poppet and now it comes up to temp and operates fine! thanks for all of your help here. now the last 2 times i took her out ive had a similar problem and am looking for some advice/direction. i do alot of idle fishing and at first it...
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    96'225/3.0 cooling question

    ive been having a problem with too much smoke and now have stumbled on what might be part of the problem. when i first start the motor either in the water or on earmuffs water immediatly comes out of the tell-tale. the temperature never goes above 120. i was unsure of the gauge so i took my...
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    Oil Injection Question!!

    i have a 225/3.0 offshore, 96 model. a mech talked me into abandoning the oil injection last year wehn i bought the engine. most of the fishing i do involves drifting at idle. the problem is it loads up and of course it should i guess since it was designed to operate at alot less oil than the...
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