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    Motor blown?

    Now it ran 35 and after adjusting the distrib it ran 5 and no better. I took spark plug 5 out and some water came out (the water was prior to running it.....i know i know) but as you can see from the pics piston 1 is gone...piston 3 may be and piston 5 seems ok. However my biggest prob seems to...
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    Water in Gas

    I have water in my gas tank and have drained it 2 times now...completly. A guy told me that the boat wont pickup the last gallon of liqued and if it were water than it would just keep making it mix. So i put Seafoam for 20 gallons in the tank and a water fuel seperator and the idel seems ok but...
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    Choke Questions

    I have a 1992 4.3 2 barrel carb and i dont belive that the choke works correctly.....i have to manualy open the flap in the center (the thing that block the barrels of and opens them for air) to maintain an idel. My choke is getting around 10.45 volts + to the chock wire and i am not sure how...
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    Epoxy Questions

    Alright this sounds stupied but may work, I have a cracked block and heard a story of someone molding the side of their block (a hole about the size of thier fist) it was said the the pistion rod was exposed. Well I wounder could the same epoxy seal the crack in the block located at the top of...
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    Removeing the intake manifold

    I unscrewed 12 bolts that look like thats all that hold the intake manifold. The Carb and water thingy are still atatched. I tried pulling the manifold off and it didn't budge, I thought maybe the paint held it so I hooked up a winch and it lifted the whole engine and the manifold stayied on. Is...
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    Removing an inboard

    I am stuck in the removal or the what i think is the (Driveshaft) (i work on cars) but a tech said to remove the 6 bolts behind on the back of the upper unit. I did and ended up removing the entire lower unit. but the upper unit with the other end of the drive shaft comes out abou an inch and...
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    The 4.3 Alpha One

    I am new to boating but not motors. My engine is shoot. Water out the oil pna lol. Well I'm gonna buy a new one but I can't find a good place to buy from. Thiere all wantinglike 4k for the V6 4.3 Alpha One. Anyone got a hint for me?
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