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    1998 Mercruiser 3.0l high idle

    I'll have to go back and check the kit P/N, but I bought it from a Merc dealer, so I assume it's good. I already have checked the float level and weighed it (9 grams), so seems all good. I will try what you said about spraying the carb cleaner around the base of the carb too! Thanks
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    1998 Mercruiser 3.0l high idle

    Oh, ok, maybe I wasn't specific enough, apologies, when I try to adjust it down from 1000rpm or so, it will choke and stall out before it gets to the recommended idle range of ~650rpm
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    1998 Mercruiser 3.0l high idle

    I believe it is correct and sound. Came with the rebuild kit. Any tricks to checking for a vacuum leak? One thing I tried was when it was getting close to stalling out, was give it a shot of carb cleaner down the throat, and if it revved up, it was likely too much air in the mixture, but...
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    1998 Mercruiser 3.0l high idle

    Sorry, I had to re-read his post. The throttle cable WAS disconnected when I did the adjustments. Sorry about that confusion.
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    1998 Mercruiser 3.0l high idle

    Yup, I just can't get the rpm down to the ~650 number no matter how much I adjust the idle and mixture screws
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    1998 Mercruiser 3.0l high idle

    I am, yes, after it's running at temp
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    1998 Mercruiser 3.0l high idle

    Hi all, i rebuilt my Mercarb over the winter and and also had the distributer out of the engine. So this spring I reinstalled the carb and adjusted the timing and got the engine running. Problem is, I cannot get the idle down. I start the carb idle adjust screw at 2 turns in on the cam and the...
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    1998 Merc 3.0l Front Engine mounting.

    Impeller kit fixed the issue. Happy to have moved on from that. Thanks for the help
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    1998 Merc 3.0l Front Engine mounting.

    Oh, and the engine coupler looks good and the drive shaft does rotate the prop when I've got it engaged in fwd gear
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    1998 Merc 3.0l Front Engine mounting.

    The face seal was totally gone too. Bought the kit and installed new impeller, housing, gaskets, face seal, o-rings and oil seal carrier. Going away for the weekend, but I'll report back as soon as I can! Thanks for the help.
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    1998 Merc 3.0l Front Engine mounting.

    Do you mean how flexible they are? They seem pretty flexible and there are no cracks in the rubber or anything. To me (untrained eye) it seems to be in good shape
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    1998 Merc 3.0l Front Engine mounting.

    Ok, so if they became separated wouldn't water still be drawn in by the pump and just leak out the front of the drive housing? The impeller didn't seem to be drawing any water in at all.
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    1998 Merc 3.0l Front Engine mounting.

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    1998 Merc 3.0l Front Engine mounting.

    So this is what I found when I took the drive housing off the gear housing. The impeller and inside of the housing looked good with no grooves are marks in the inner housing wall. Not sure what to make of all the sand and debris on the outside of the housing. Separately, can I use compressed air...
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    1998 Merc 3.0l Front Engine mounting.

    Yeah that's right Mike, the o-ring. So, disconnected the hose at the thermostat housing end that came from the power steering cooler.....no water. Disconnected the hose at the input to the power steering cooler from the transom.....no water. Thoughts?
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