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    Acura 3.2L Noise?

    I posted this at the end of the Automotive Diagnostic Tool thread, but maybe it's not getting seen... I've talked about it a bunch, but brief recap: It seems like it might be the timing belt tensioner (again, after a couple years), but I'm not 100% sure. If I drive it, it smooths out to...
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    Automotive Diagnostic Tool

    I'm slightly tempted to get another timing belt tensioner and change it again, but not 100% sure that's it, and that's kind of an involved repair.
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    Automotive Diagnostic Tool

    Thanks. On the noise thing, I got a short video the other night, if it'll attach:
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    Fogging Oil Substitute

    That sort of reminds me of my third time out this year. Boat hadn't run in 2mos. Started up fine, launched, made a little circle with some mild RPMs on it, docked, and killed it while I put the trailer away. Had some misfortunes on the docking part, and ended up tied to a (oh, what's the...
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    Fogging Oil Substitute

    That's a good idea. Seems I'd heard that, but it didn't stick with me.
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    Fogging Oil Substitute

    You're right. My thought was, I'm not buying that again if it's gonna leak all over the place, but I could just use it and throw away the can immediately... The engine's likely gonna outlive the boat, regardless. My biggest concern right now is I got some rain in the boat last night (our rain...
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    Gun ownership and permits.

    A little more context up front would've been helpful. There was mention of M16s and hand grenades too? If we're talking countries, doesn't Switzerland require you to have a gun? And don't Switzerland and Israel require some kind of military service? I was fortunate to have gun safety...
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    Fogging Oil Substitute

    Yeah, I probably won't mess with it then. My shelves are well-preserved now, so don't need any more Sta-bil for the garage : ).
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    Tarps

    Thanks for the suggestions.
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    Tarps

    I noticed today that the one I put on this year is already flaking (!). Didn't seem like it had been on that long, but it mighta been new in June. It's a Wal Mart heavy duty (brown and silver), Hyper Tough brand, probably. I wasn't expecting to see that yet. The last one I got from there...
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    Fogging Oil Substitute

    Could a guy just say, dump some trans fluid or the like down the carb? My 7th winterization's coming up and I've only done this once (several years ago), with StaBil aerosol, and then I didn't take the plugs out; so I'm not real worried about it, but thought I might make a minimal effort...
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    Automotive Diagnostic Tool

    Cool... Looking at the list of what that does made me think of the MPG display under the speedometer of the '02 Lexus I recently got for my 3rd to youngest (in other posts here). That particular item is distracting to me and essentially useless. It never says anything close to "19" when I...
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    Automotive Diagnostic Tool

    I've considered just taking it to the shop; don't have one, but have one recommended to me that I haven't tried out yet. Main reason for that would be diagnosis of a noise it's been doing off an on that I suspect, but don't know to be the timing belt tensioner (that I already replaced, but...
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    Automotive Diagnostic Tool

    Thanks. Will look into it further, and try to (eventually) post what I did/found.
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    Odyssey Battery

    Wow
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    Automotive Diagnostic Tool

    Any recommendations on what to get? I've got a cheap code reader, but I might like something that'd do more (like one you could drive with it hooked up?). My newest car at the moment is an '05 (Acura, 178k). That's the one that made me think of this; it's got some mild stumbling, mainly...
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    4.3L horsepower

    Don't know what an '04 has, but my '86/88 Cobra 2bbl's supposed to have about 175HP. The stock prop (spec, at least) is a 14 1/2 x 19 3-blade, and it works great on my 19.5' boat.
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    Another Winterization Thread!

    4.3L OMC Cobra. Last couple of times I've poured (then forced) the pink stuff down the hose that comes from the back until some comes out the open drains in the outdrive. Reason is that the little screw in the bottom of the PS cooler is Ok to get out, but rather a pain to get back in and the...
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    Mercruiser 4.3 Prop Question

    Might want to clarify. If I did that the nose'd be pointing at the sky, lol. I must not be understanding. I feed it in gradually until I get just a little bounce and then maybe back off a bit if it seems like it's going to worsen. Throttling back, obviously requires trimming back down some.
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    Mercruiser 4.3 Prop Question

    Maybe a dumb question, but are you trimming for the speed? That'll get you a few knots. 88 OMC Cobra, 4.3L. 14 1/2 x 19, 3-blade: 45mph all out, at about 4,500rpm. 2bbl carb. Great (hole-shot?) also, btw.
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