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    Help with alarm and alternator

    I have a 2010 Volvo penta 4.3GL serial# A104925. product# 3869391. After having the intake manifold off and doing some work, put it all back together and the alarm is going off nonstop. Not a beep but continuous alarm while running. I pulled off the leads to the exhaust temp sensors, the oil...
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    Head gasket? Cracked head?

    I guess I may not have winterized properly. Got boat out of storage and motor was locked up. Pulled the plugs and there was brown liquid coming out of 2 cylinders. (See pic) Obviously water got in there somehow. I poured alcohol in all 6 cylinders and let it sit overnight. In the morning it was...
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    Hooked battery up wrong. No power to ignition

    1986 force 125 on a runabout. Got the boat out of storage and I hooked up the battery backwards for 2-5 minutes and started to smell wires burning so instantly looked at the battery and realized my mistake. I hooked it up correctly and now the ignition does nothing. There’s power to everything...
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    Where to get replacement needle for 86 Force 125hp carbs

    Seems to be unavailable everywhere I look. My needles are the rubber coated ones and are sticking a little bit. Is there another one that is interchangeable that I can use? Any help is much appreciated!
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    125hp Force dies after a few seconds at WOT

    Need some suggestions from the experts here on where to look. I made a pretty bad judgement call and overloaded my boat this weekend. At WOT it could barely get going at all and it was working very hard. I’m afraid of what that actually did to it. Well on our trip back to the landing it died...
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    trouble removing trim/tilt relief valves

    I’m having trouble getting the valves out. I removed the circlips and blow air in the holes but they will not come out. I cleaned up the metal around where they come out so nothing is in the way but they blow out to the end of the circlip groove and won’t come any further. Any help with getting...
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    86 Force tilt cylinder leaking. Advice needed.

    I have an 86 Force 125hp and I just tore apart the tilt and trim cylinders and replaced all the O-rings in them. After putting everything back together and bleeding it, everything is working except there is a leak from the hole in the top of the tilt cylinder where the down line connects to it...
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