GOOD NEWS. . . . The PICTURE UPLOAD FUNCTION IS WORKING !!! The tech folks at the parent company have been able to remedy the issue. You can upload pictures once again. Thank you for your patience.
Re: Fear the worse, loud banging sound comingfrom the engine
ok, opened the value cover and the rocker arms and pushrods looked good. I did a compression test and the same cylinder was 0. The rest was around 115. I turned over the key to make sure cam rod was pushing valves up and down. They...
Uggggg, now I know why pirates cuss. lol, Ok, my 1996 rinker with a 4.3 mercruiser trim was just clicking when I would hit the up button. I located it to a defective solenoid on the up side. In the process of taking it off between the rain showers, I dropped a wrench which caused sparks. Not...
I have a 1996 mercruiser 4.3lx inboard/outboard. Every now and then, it would just click when I tried to let it up and down. But recently it can take up to 10 tries before it will go up or down. Any ideas????
Re: Fear the worse, loud banging sound comingfrom the engine
Ok, got the compression tester. All the cylinders had between 112 to 120, but one had 95 the first time, then 60, then 45, all the way to 0. Took the value cover off the side with this cylinder, and this is what I found......
I have a 1996 18' Rinker bow rider with a 4.3 lx mercrusier inboard/board. Tonight it was running good. Yesterday, I changed the oil and tighten the alternator belt, and the fuel separator. It ran good all day. All of a sudden it started making a loud banging noise. It was okay idling...
My 18' Rinker bowrider with a mercruiser v6 has a lean to the left. I don't remember it doing that before, but I notice this chuck missing in my hydrofoil.
2 Questions:
1. Would this chuck cause it to lean to the left or is it just a weight problem?
2. If it is, what kind of hydrofoil do...
I have a 1996 18' rinker bow rider with a v6 4.3LX mercruiser. It has an alumnium 17 pitch x 15" prop that goes about 45 mph but runs about 5700 rpms. Way too many rpms.
A guy has a stainless steel 13 3/4 x 21 pitch. That 13 3/4 is alot smaller than my 15".
How will this run???
Re: Pulled mercruiser alpha one drive to clear exhaust shutters and white fluid came
When i pulled the drive out, it was milky white fluid. I drained a little fluid out of the drive. It was still thick and dark brown, but it did have some light streaks in lt, but nothing like flowed out of u...
1996 rinker 4.3lx, both my exhaust shutter went bad. Today i pulled the drive, and when the drive shaft starting coming out, white fluid started pouring out. About a four inch round rubber seal came out around the u joint, not sure if that had anything to do with it. Bellow looks ok, as far as a...
I notice a piece of my stabilizer broke and my tab a little crooked. When I tried to spin the prop it had a little resistance. I notice it looked like metal was grinding inside. Here is what I found. Anyone know what it is from inside foot of motor?
My 1996 rinker 18' bowrider with a 4.3 lx mercruiser inboard/ outboard. It runs good, but sometimes when you push the throttle foward into gear, it only raised the rpm's and then finally goes into gear hard because of the increased rpms. It only does this every now and then, but seems to do it...
Mercruiser 4.3lx 1996, it has rubber grommets with plastic hollow elbows in the valve covers instead of actual pvc valves. Mine leak a little oil around the elbow. It looks like someone has tried to glue them before. My friend replaced his with actual pvc valves from a car. Not sure what they do...
I got this boat over the winter. I test drove it and with 3 of us in there we went about 42mph. After rehab to the floor and seats over the winter, now it will only go about 37mph at 4600rpm. I had a delay in take off of about 3 seconds and I found, thanks to iboats, the accelator nozzle were...
