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    Mercruiser 3.0 question

    I have an] 1972 Searay 190 SRV. It has a Mercruiser 165 that after 46 years finally gave up the ghost. Not repairable without a new long block and head etc etc and so on. A remanufactured engine is way out of my financial means. I have been looking for a running 165 but that is looking less...
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    Looking For An Engine

    The engine on my 72 Sea Ray 190 SRV, decided to go to the big junk yard in the sky. (it was only 46 years old) So I am looking for a replacement, a used but running Mercruiser 165 4.1L inline 6. (the GM 250 in disguise) If I can find one here in the Pacific Northwest I can pick it up...
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    Mercury Ooutboard 4 HP 2013 4 stroke

    I have a 2013 4 HP Mercury. Under the hood it is just a Tohatsu. Today I saw it do something I have never seen before. I started up the engine and immediately checked for cooling water coming out the p hole. It was but, just in front of it is another small tube and liquid was coming out of it...
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    Mercruiser 165 upgrade to Throtle Body injection

    My 1972 Sea Ray has a Mercruiser 165 (GM 250). I had the Rochester 2GV carb rebuilt 4 years ago, but it still has some problems with flat spots and stalling, all of which I am familiar with and can work around by playing the throttle. But it is getting worse and I have been looking at...
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    water in engine oil

    Checked my engine today for the first time since I put the boat in the water at the beginning of June. The oil is milky. Obviously water is getting in somewhere. Did not have this problem last year or at the beginning of this year. The engine is a Mercruiser 165 (GM 250) in line six. It is 42...
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    1972 Sea Ray Mercruiser 165

    I have a thread on the rebuild of this boat but this is a separate issue. It is a problem with the Mercruiser 165 (GM 250) Took the boat out to cruise around the lake. Engine ran fine, idled ok, rough when cold but smoothed out. At about 2000 rpm seemed to be surging, speed up a little, slow...
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    1972 Mercruiser 165 overheating

    Took the boat out today for it's second launch. I have been rebuilding this boat for 8 months. I just replaced all the gaskets and bellows, had a new shift cable put in, so I wanted to check it out. Ran it around slow for about 15 minutes, everything seemed ok. I didn't take it over 1200 rpm...
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    Mercruiser 165 in 1972 Sea Ray 190: need new distributor

    I have been looking at myriad online boat parts sites for a distributor. No one seems to have them for this engine. Even iboats doesn't have them. It is a 1972 mercruiser GM 6 cylinder inline 165 3.7L ser# 3216148 Here is a list of the sites I have been to: They either don't list them...
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    Mercruiser 165 in 1972 Sea Ray 190

    I just bought a 1972 Sea Ray SRV 190 with a Mercruiser 165. I haven't really done anything yet except clean it up a bit as the boat has been sitting for several years and it s raining and I have no covered area to work. The starter is new but appears to be an automotive starter, and the...
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    USCG Drops Proposed 17 Digit HIN

    I normally do not comment in my BLOG http://newboatbuilders.blogspot.com/ on news items, or take a political position on them. But the following item which appeared in Soundings Trade Only requires commenting on, if only to set the record straight. NMMA: Coast Guard drops expanded hull ID...
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    Coast Guard To Warn Boats with FlashBang

    Coast Guard to warn boaters in Puget Sound with flashbang * December 13th, 2010 8:19 pm ET Pleasure craft boaters in Puget Sound often idle up to barges and tankers unaware that they are ?too close for comfort?. Starting today, the Coast Guard will give them a reminder to back off...
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