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    What fuel to run?

    87 is not premium sorry for the confusion. Here the only ethanol-free is premium which conflicts with 87 which is up to 10%. Interesting I could have sworn that the manual said ethanol-free when I read it before. Checking the Mercury site (not manual) it says E10 (so 87 here) is fine.
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    What fuel to run?

    Makes sense thank you. I was leaning that way from my previous experience but when I read 87 I figured it was right. I did not know 87 ethanol free existed as I've never seen or even heard of it.
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    What fuel to run?

    87 here contains up to 10%. Only ethanol-free is 91/premium
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    What fuel to run?

    There are a few stations around town known for watery tanks. I avoid them and go to ones I know are a bit better. Typically you don't get much mixup in terms of grades from what I've herd but then again I can't tell much difference most of the time.
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    What fuel to run?

    I have a 2019 Mercurty 225XL. Been giving it marina fuel this whole year and last year I ran 87 (regular) gas in it as that is what the manual said. For next year I'm planning on not buying much fuel at the marina and most at a gas station on the sie of the road (way cheaper and less wait). I've...
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    Planning out installing NMEA 2k

    Based on just installing the backbone, is the layout I had in my original post good other than removing the link/engine guages from it?
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    Planning out installing NMEA 2k

    Fair enough give the MFD with a backbone a shot and see if that works well enough I don't care about the little bit of data from the engine.
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    Planning out installing NMEA 2k

    That's what I suspected for getting the data there. I'm not sure how useful the data would be exactly as I have made it 2 years without issue. I think it is mostly the tinkering aspect and the idea of it all working together that initially set me down the path of wanting it.
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    Planning out installing NMEA 2k

    I'm not 100% sure but I'd bet on no fuel flow meter as i don't think my boat comes with one stock and I know I have not added one
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    Planning out installing NMEA 2k

    Interesting, for me I have no fuel data on my MFDs, and any data that shows on one will not on the other even if I add an area for it. I've attached a photo of the back of my MFD (both are the same), I see no ports on connecting anything other than NMEA 2k to share the data. My ideal case...
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    Planning out installing NMEA 2k

    I never even thought of that part of it. I think that alone makes me give up on the idea of active trim. I've never had a good relationship with trim pumps and rather not stress them more than I have to.
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    Planning out installing NMEA 2k

    The MDF already displays the bar on the side just with half the data missing. It is where I get depth and such. Also currently some data for speed and depth in on one, direction is on the other. I'd love to have it all be able to show anything on either display or the smartcraft guages. The...
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    Planning out installing NMEA 2k

    Ah interesting. I was hoping to use the Link to have my engine data show up on my Simrad displays and also be able to use active trim. The adjusting exhaust for sound would be a cool trick too but not worth paying extra for. My main goal is the active trim, though, right now I have a bunch of...
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    Planning out installing NMEA 2k

    The guages are these series https://www.mercruiserparts.com/sc1000-sc100-family-glass-len-black-fa?srsltid=AfmBOopazPy7dPlc-WwfUeqdujqH-Y0TTFlu9qzT3c75PZFkElszXb9V I might be wrong on the NMEA 0183 that was a guess as I knew of nothing else. My primary reason for NMEA 2k was the Mercury...
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    Planning out installing NMEA 2k

    I have a 2019 Blackfin 212CC which while all the electronics mostly have NMEA 2k on them none of them are connected together. I'm looking to change that in the spring so I am starting a proper planning out of it this winter. Currently in the boat I have a 2x Simrad Go 9 multi-function displays...
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    Bone headed move - put the plug in with 3M 4200

    That sounds like what I might have done then, I thought it was the sealant. I'm going to do hand tight with nothing on it next year. Hopefully that works out a bit better.
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    Bone headed move - put the plug in with 3M 4200

    I did not manage to get it out and ended up going the route of having it replaced when the boat got winterized. I fell sick shortly after posting and once better and catching up had some life events happen to take my attention away from the boat. I tried wrench, impact wrench, breaker bar. In...
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    Bone headed move - put the plug in with 3M 4200

    That is probably the best idea. Sounds so much easier and less risky.
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    Bone headed move - put the plug in with 3M 4200

    Hmm that seems like it might be easier though a bit less safe than my idea of a heat gun. My original idea was a heat gun and then heat up a metal wire/pin and stick it though the 4200 to make holes and eventually break through it enough I could twist it out.
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    Bone headed move - put the plug in with 3M 4200

    I'm not sure where I'd even look for that. Assuming I could, how would I use it?
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