Recent content by nelsongg

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    Changing/Flushing Bad Oil

    A friend of mine just picked up a used boat with a 5.7 VP in it. He isn't sure when the last time the oil was changed, but he said that it looks like it has been awhile. He wants to make sure he flushes the maximum amount of contaminants out of the engine before the winter layup. His idea is to...
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    Spark (arcing) between coil wire and coil

    Engine quit on me yesterday. Pulled off engine cover and had buddy crank the engine. Noticed a sparking/arcing between the coil wire cover and the coil. Pulled it off and reseated it and worked fine. But I'm going to get a new set of wires anyway. Problem is local boat shop is out of wires and I...
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    Bad Gas, Maybe??

    Hello all I have a '00 2150 5.0l Alpha I gen II. First time in the water this season. Dropped her in. Started just fine. Began idling out of the NWZ when I hit the mud bottom with the outdrive and it stalled. Raised the leg a little. Started back up and got back to a little deeper water and...
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