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  1. Lou C

    2012 VP 300 C-A Exhaust manifolds getting too hot - DTC 441 & 442

    Ah yes I remember BTW are you also on the old BoaterEd board? I thought I saw the same question being asked there… At any rate when you do solve it that will be great information for someone in the future…
  2. Lou C

    Winterizing: Fuel in tank options?

    I think people are worrying about this issue way too much. Just use a good stabilizer & make sure that your gas cap gasket is good & you don’t have water pooling on top of the sending unit. I have a 34 year old tank run on E10 for 15+ years, the first start of the season the old 4.3 cranks till...
  3. Lou C

    2012 VP 300 C-A Exhaust manifolds getting too hot - DTC 441 & 442

    I haven’t had a boat with closed cooling so I can’t say how they behave but vehicles bleed out air gradually you wind up having to run them for a while to get it all out. That leak we saw from the top of the manifold is that fixed now?
  4. Lou C

    1988 Rogue 2420

    Sorry to hear about her injury! In our family my wife mows the lawn & I do the more injury prone stuff (weedwacker & hedge trimmer)….I haven’t mowed a lawn in over 20 years all I have to do is keep the mower full of gas & make sure it starts!
  5. Lou C

    1988 Rogue 2420

    The classic Holley look….love it!
  6. Lou C

    Gas turning milky

    In the old days when we had straight gas we used “dry gas” to absorb water in the fuel if that was a problem. All we can get is E10 here and after the initial change over about 15 years ago I haven’t had problems with the fuel system. I dump out my fuel filter each spring and the gas is always...
  7. Lou C

    overheat mercruiser

    I've posted this many times over the years but here goes, there is NO need to pull the stat to pour AF in the engine. You just disconnect the big hose at the stat housing, put a funnel in it, and fill it till AF spurts out of the neck of the stat housing. Then fill your manifolds via the feed...
  8. Lou C

    FWD Drive (forward facing drive) Volvo Penta

    That looks like what used to happen to early Mercruiser Bravo 3s even in fresh water. I think the cure was more anodes… Also keep in mind the effect of two stainless steel props in causing galvanic corrosion. I agree with another poster in that if the anodes look good but the drive is corroding...
  9. Lou C

    overheat mercruiser

    If you didn’t test the AF concentration you would never know how MUCH actually got in. Cast iron Marine engines warm up very slowly at idle in my experience.
  10. Lou C

    overheat mercruiser

    Anyone who tries to winterize their boat that way....should take a sample from the block drains, and put it in a freezer set at zero*F and see what happens, that will tell you what's really happening (or use an appropriate antifreeze tester like the one in the pic I posted that can be used with...
  11. Lou C

    What is this on the transom?

    yep, thats why boats redone by owners can be much better built, as has been seen in the resto forum many times.
  12. Lou C

    Engine clunk on first start

    Yep, agreed with possible hydrolock, check that first and then make sure the starter bolts are tight.
  13. Lou C

    What is this on the transom?

    As long as you seal the hole in the transom with some resin & then sealer there is no problem with running your speedo tube and transducer cable through the transom above the water line. My boat has been like that for many years. Just seal the hole properly.
  14. Lou C

    What is this on the transom?

    This has worked for me for a LONG time. Every few years re-bed the screws, or use the stern saver idea instead....
  15. Lou C

    overheat mercruiser

    Its risky because with no load on the engine you really don't know for sure how far the 'stat opened, if at all. In fact one year I tried an experiment. I had AF in the engine after winterizing it. In the spring I ran it up on the water hose for 20 min. Then pulled the block drains to see what...
  16. Lou C

    overheat mercruiser

    Or you can manually drain, poke all the holes, then pour AF in via the hoses.
  17. Lou C

    Winterizing time!

    The drain plugs are supposed to have O rings on them, make sure they are in place and I also coat the threads with OMC gasket sealer.
  18. Lou C

    FWD Drive (forward facing drive) Volvo Penta

    That’s what salt water drives look like after being painted with anti fouling paint 20x and never dripping the old stuff off lol!
  19. Lou C

    FWD Drive (forward facing drive) Volvo Penta

    The only thing that makes sense is either the wrong anodes, or a lack of bonding wires, but even so that much corrosion on a 4 year old drive not stored in the water makes me think bad batch of aluminum. Here's mine. 34 years old and used in salt water & moored in salt water for 20 years. Anodes...
  20. Lou C

    Winterizing time!

    OK the one on the port side is to drain any water out of that plastic fitting in the pivot housing that might get trapped (you know the one that the raw water hose to the transom is connected to) if the hole isn't clogged, that is. I do get water out of there when I remove it.... The ones on the...
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