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    5.0 GXI C no start

    See if you can get the manual. It’s all listed in there. Loads of things on a gxi can trigger an alarm. Every single sensor there is can do this. Check the faults shown again. If there is nothing…it could symbolise a fault to the main power circuit. Look towards the main circuit breaker on the...
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    Dealing with bogging for too long and need help because I've done just about everything!

    Ok. Definitely two completely different engines there. One will be the old 5.8 ford fsi or whatever it’s called. The current, will be the mpi gm unit. Usually called a gxi or osi in vp form…given the flat cap. I think these were used in cars and trucks…long before they made it to boats.
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    Carb to MPI problem 2011 Merc 4.3

    Ah. Be fine and grand then. Just checking. I’ve cracked a cap on my mpi before, by not seating it quite perfectly. Terrible design in general I think
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    Dealing with bogging for too long and need help because I've done just about everything!

    Maybe even worse then. Can see now, that the original engine is a ford there. But the one in it now…definitely ain’t a ford. That’s a gm. Surely means now that more than the block was simply changed out. Can’t imagine that much of anything would be interchangeable between the two.
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    Carb to MPI problem 2011 Merc 4.3

    Mmm. Maybe. Might be just the camera angle…but looks almost as if it’s not quite sitting right. Maybe unlikely for it to be, given there is only the two torx retaining bolts to secure it. Can’t go much anyway but where those two position it. Unless they are missing their threads or similar. See...
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    Dealing with bogging for too long and need help because I've done just about everything!

    Hi. Maybe not relevant and I’ve got it wrong all together… But the mention of the original engine being 1997…then the new engine being perhaos block only…then somewhere in there, the mention of cleaning “all injectors”. The latter is suggesting that this new power plant must be an mpi engine...
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    Carb to MPI problem 2011 Merc 4.3

    Yeah. As AD says. Not always utilised. My 2003 v8 mpi doesn’t have anything plugged there either. On a side note…is that picture taken, showing the new rotor or old rotor in place ?
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    Is a Tiny Tach a good choice for testing?

    An. That’s different from mine for sure.
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    Water on top of Intake Manifold

    Not sure..but if you pressurised the system with too much pressure off the hose…with the engine not running…no exhaust pressure is present. Can rarely allow water ingress. Perhaps not the issue though. Any sign of water that might have came or dripped from the underside of the engine cover or...
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    Mercury 60ELPT leaking gas

    If it’s any sort of recent model…it’s likely an issue in the vst/FSM. This is where the fuel pump and reservoir is. Some of them have a vent on top that can throw fuel out it, when there is an issue with the pump and/or it’s seals within.
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    V/P Duo Prop. Would going from F5 to F6....

    Hi. I’d be looking elsewhere for the issue or adjusting required. In all the years I’ve been about boats with a VP engine, drive and dp’s…(referring to an absolutely original and factory set up)…I’ve yet to know, witness or even hear of an example that didn’t display an almost perfect result, in...
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    Smoke from lower unit

    Is it not just 2 stroke smoke ?
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    Smartcraft wiring

    I’d disagree with that Bt. But I get the old school thinking too.
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    89 Horizon 180 with stock 4.3 upgrade questions

    Quite sure a 70’s 5.0 anything will be less potent than most 4.3’s from the last couple of decades at least. If you think it’s a ford 5.0…it’s not a mercruiser, I’d think. More likely to be of Volvo Penta aq branding originally, I’d think. Or even a retrofit job. Not sure you’re going down the...
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    Smartcraft wiring

    The extension is the same plug fitting as the standard fitting from the remotes. Just remember you’ll need to fill in any unused ports on the junction box, with a yellow terminator weather cap resistor plug. If you have any additional smaller sc gauges like volts, fuel etc…you’ll need the smart...
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    Smartcraft wiring

    You can get an extension…and/or another junction box and lead. Should you plan any further inputs to the system
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    Those with MPIs what do you do with your leftover storage gas mix?

    Hi. I perform the procedure by running the fuel tank integral to the boat, as low as possible (using smartcraft or VesselView)…the I put a can of the mix into the tank…enough to get me back to the slipway…also means that the little there left in there is keeping things pretty decent too. Also...
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    Is a Tiny Tach a good choice for testing?

    They are pretty good…as long as you have the ability to understand what setting it needs to be on, to suit the cycle and number of cylinders on the engine
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    2006 Volvo Penta 5.7 GI limited rpms

    Haha. Mmm. Maybe not so much…when person an and b are one and the same 😂. Surely a vp 5.0 gxi is the same as a merc 5.0 mpi. Almost exclusively in its entirety, but certainly in terms of fuelling, you’d think. Unless they both have higher pressure in later days for some reason. Pretty sure my...
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    2006 Volvo Penta 5.7 GI limited rpms

    Hi AD…wonder why the fuel pressure is so different from the mercruiser version. Wasn’t aware of that until now.
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