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    Custom Sea Strainer for 115 OMC Turbojet

    I had sucked up some muck into the factory sea strainer, and it choked off my water supply. This caused my boat to overheat. It wasnt on my mental checklist to check the sea strainer, its wasnt till I got home and went through everything that I found the problem. The sea strainer did its job...
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    Omc 115 Turbojet stripped down and starting the rebuild

    I have a 1996 Omc 115 turbojet, that I am going to rebuild. It is fully disassembled, and I just dropped it off to the machine shop. They are going to check the bore, and hot dip the block to clean it up. BUT they told me they cant bore it if it needs it. Hopefully it doesnt need it. I want to...
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    Out of Tricks, very stuck flywheel

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    Out of Tricks, very stuck flywheel

    Hi Everyone, I have a OMC 115 turbojet that I am going to rebuild. I thought i knew all the tricks for removing the flywheel but this one is really stubborn. I removed it once before less than a year ago. This is everything I tried grade 8 bolts tightened the puller with an impact gun hit the...
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    Rebuild kits for 1996 OMC 115 Turbojet

    HI, I am going to pull my powerhead and rebuild it for a winter project, the compression is low and a 30lb. difference from highest to lowest. I know I have to disassemble the motor and take it to a machine shop to have it honed or bored first, then I can order a rebuild kit that has...
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    Rebuild kits for 1996 OMC 115 Turbojet

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    When does the season end?

    Hi everyone, First boat I've owned. I live in New York and I know most people are starting to winterize there boats. How long can I continue to use my boat without doing damage. Like running it in cold water. Or maybe you can't do damage. Just trying to figure out when it's time to finally...
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    Best hose clamps?

    Hi everyone, I tried searching the forum and I couldn't find anything. I have the regular worm drive clamps on my fuel lines. The ones you can get at any hardware store. Once in a while they will loosen. What is the best kind of clamps to use for fuel lines? I was running lean today do to loose...
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    replacing thermostat on an omc 115 turbojet

    This may help someone. I had a leaking gasket under the muffler. Where it bolts to the adapter plate. It was six nuts and three hoses, fairly easy to do. Once the muffler was off I had pretty good access to the thermostats. So I decided to pull them and place in hot water on the stove and...
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    Retarding timing to gain wot rpms

    Hi, I have a 1996 Four Winns Fling with an OMC 115 turbojet. The boat runs well except that it tops out at 4,800 rpms and 36 mph. Factory specs for this motor is wot is between 4,500 rpms and 5,500 rpms. My question is how far can I retard the timing out of factory specs before doing any damage...
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    This helped my idle and rough running condition.

    I wanted to share my experience so far with working on my OMC 115 Turbojet. I rebuilt the carbs, but could not get it to run at a proper idle and it was bucking. Don't know what it is called but best describes it. On one of my other posts I got some good adivce from "boobie" I checked...
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    Not getting fuel to three of the four cylinders

    Hi, I have a 115 turbojet that is not getting fuel to the out of the four cylinders when cranking the engine. I know this because I pulled the plug and put white paper towels in front of the cylinders and cranked the motor. Three of the cylinders left no marks, the fourth one left a nice green...
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    115 turbojet running lean

    Hi, I have a four winns fling that is running lean. I can't get the idle below 1900rpm. When I try to lower the idle it starts to stutter then die. I am adjusting it on the hose, does that make a difference? I just replaced the fuel line and water separator filter. I haven't tried to start it...
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    omc 115 Turbjet Rebuild

    Hi, I am going to be taking my OMC 115 turbojet out if my boat and attempting a rebuild. I have low compression on one cylinder 60 psi the other 3 are all 90 psi. I pulled the heads sent them to a machine shop and replaced head gaskets. Still 60psi on one and 110 psi on other 3...
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    Simple fix to Moniter VRO pump working properly

    Hi, I have a 115 turbojet motor with the vro pump. I have read about major damage if the pump stops injecting oil. As a possible monitoring system to check for proper function of the pump. I wanted to Install a glass inline fuel filter after the vro pump in the gas line to the carbs. I would...
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