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    Exhaust noise

    I have a 1997 stingray with a 3.0 mercruiser. while running my boat i developed a knocking noise, after stoping and inspecting my engine. It sounds like i have an exhaust leak. When it idles it sounds like an old steam engine running. It still has plenty of power and starts up with no problems...
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    my tilt/trim stoped working

    I have a 2004 40 hp. Johnson and my trim stoped working, its done this before but i found a wire broke below the switch so i reconnected all the wires and used shrink tubing and taped them real good and it worked great for the longest time.Now it went down and would not come back up then stoped...
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    30hp. Mariner waterpump

    I have a Mariner shop manual for outboards from 2-220 hp.1976 to 1989. I need to change the water pump but the book only shows 20 and 25 hp. Are they the same as a 30hp. water pump change? I also recently took my boat out and I had water coming out my tell tale so I began to take off and got...
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    1987 125 Force

    I have a 1987 125 Force,I have two questions ,one is when I go to start the boat it turns over really slow like if the battery is low but I recently replaced the battery with a new one, it is doing the same thing, so I took the battery to have it tested and it comes back as fully charged.I take...
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