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    Engine overheating

    Just after my friend purchased a 1990 Bayliner 3785 with inboards, one of the motors overheated. It has a closed cooling system, so I'm wondering where the pump for the water is. Do these have a water pump like a car, or some other type of impeller somewhere else, and how hard is it to check or...
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    VHF problems

    I have been having a problem with my Uniden MC535 lately. When I key the mike, I get a high pitched feedback noise from the speaker and am unable to transmit. Also, if I go to another channel, when I key the mike, the radio goes to 16 and I get the same noise. I can hear others fine, but am...
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    overloading engine?

    My port engine, a 5.7 carburated motor, has trouble if I mash the throttles all the way. If I go slowly, it does pretty well up to about 4100 RPM, but then starts to lose RPM's past that down to about 3600 until I ease back off the throttle and slowly go back up to about 4000 RPM's. I've only...
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    Hydrolock

    Just spent a great weekend on Lake Powell with a friend. His boat (1987 Bayliner 2555<br /> with 260 OMC) developed a hydrolock (water in the cylinders) after sitting on the beach<br /> in a well protected cove, engine idling, his wife taking a shower with...
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