Recent content by JDCousteau

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    Volvo Penta 4.3 GL Burnt Oil and Engine Noise

    After a recent head gasket replacement I’ve been strugglig with setting the ignition timing. The engine sounds like it’s grinding metal, like not lubricated well too despite having brand new oil and a supplement of Murphy’s Miracle Oil in it. When I tried setting the total advance the engine...
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    Volvo 4.3 GL Ignition Timing

    Hi there, I’m a diy guy and recently rebuilt my engine after an overheat from the head gasket up. I got everything together and did compression checks and so forth with all being good. I haven’t been able to find ignition timing specs that work. The manual says 1 degree btdc, but when I set that...
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