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  1. IselaLuv

    Almost Sunk… where do I start to salvage boat

    I was happy to have gotten the boat started, it was running smoothly, had stopped then went to go and the thing wouldn’t start. Got blown into the marina luckily there was a dock and I tied it up there. Walked back to towing vehicle which had a flat, well decided to get back in the morning, the...
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    Boat won’t start, have spark and fuel

    This is a 2002 sea ray with a mercruiser 3.0 that was running.. overheated at higher speed, found the elbow riser clogged. Changed it and while at it, spark plugs… accidentally replaced spark plug wires out of order, tried unsuccessfully for two weeks to start this thing, finally realized my...
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    No spark after spark plug wires wrongly placed… mercruiser 3.0

    I couldn’t get the darn thing to start, didn’t realize my spark plug wires had been placed in the wrong sequence by mistake I cleaned the carb, did compression test… only to retrace back and find my blunder. I changed wires, cap n rotor and sparks again. I get no spark now. Has this ever...
  4. IselaLuv

    Gasket between carburator and maninfold

    When I removed my carburator it only had the two hole gasket… the kit also has a big hole gasket that makes more sense to me… none of the videos for carb replacement show this last gasket 🤷🏻‍♀️ Should I use the two hole one or the big hole… or both? It’s a 3.0 mercruiser dual barrel Mercarb...
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    Does anyone know how this damn hose gets unplugged?

    So this is the hose that goes to the oil pan inside a sea ray 02 it’s supposed to make your oil change easier, except I can’t open it. I pulled it through the bilge hole fine. I tried counterclockwise nothing! Clockwise… nothing!!! I tried attempting to pry it with flat screw driver. Nothing...
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    Lower compression in one cylinder boat won’t start… ideas before I tear down 😒

    It’s a 2002 sea ray mercruiser with about 200 hrs it was initially overheating, impeller was done and the hose from impeller housing had a hole, ran it to test was good until about 30mph it would overheat so I shut off and took it back, changed thermostat but it was good, checked the elbow...
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