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    Reason for drain hole in plastic nipple in outdrive pivot housing?

    Replaced complete driveshaft / u-joint assembly on a Volvo DP-SM outdrive. Put on the water, ran great except for overheating at midrange rpms. Figured we must have forgot to tighten the plastic nipple nut and unit was sucking air when out of water. Pulled outdrive back off and yeah it was just...
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    Mercruiser Cooling Question

    I have a 99 Wellcraft with Mercruiser 5.0. This past Sat went out skiing with some friends. On the trip in I heard a brief noise, but boat kept running fine. The next morning, my girlfriend and I went out early to take advantage of the calm water. After about 15 min of iding and 30 - 40 min...
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