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    Tohatsu 90hp TLDI errors and self-diagnosis functions

    Howdy! Yesterday I took my new-to-me 2010 Tohatsu MD90c2 out on the water for the first time. After engine ran, even in neutral at idle, for a few minutes, it would have all three lights blink on the tach, and RPM wouldn't go above 3000ish. Stopping/starting the engine didn't seem to make a...
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    Hard to start, won't idle, white/gray smoke...for a bit

    I have a 1990 GM305 V8 5.0L Alpha 1. It's been about 6 weeks since I ran it, and that was just a maintenance start, and it had been about 8 weeks prior to that since it had been started. I've gotten life under control to the point where I can be boating again, so been doing some maint. Fired...
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    Dumb question of the day - Oil fill

    I haven't used mine yet so here goes: Changing the oil myself on the boat for first time (it's a new boat to me and had the shop do it last time) and just noticed that there's apparently two oil fill caps on the top of the cylinders, one forward on the starboard side, which looks like the...
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    Lubricating steering actuator

    New power boat owner and trying to learn all the mechanical stuff, so I'm likely to ask lots of dumb questions. You've been warned! I've got a 5L Mercruiser A1 sterndrive. Wanted to lubricate the steering actuator valve like my manual and Seloc tell me to. Found the zirc fitting. Hooked up my...
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