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    White Vinyl seat stain removal

    I need help. I found a stain on the back of the helm seat where a plastic envelope was left after winterizing at the end of last season. Unfortunately, the color logo on the plastic transferred a stain onto the vinyl on the seat, and I can't get it off! I tried: soap and water vinyl stain...
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    5.7 OSxi-DF not getting full power

    So once in the water, a spin on the boat to check the engines went well at low speeds, with a little noise from the stbd fuel pump. But trying to accelerate, the stbd engine barely reaches 2000 rpm and the boat wouldn't go on plane...The port engine had a new high pressure fuel pump last year...
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    Engine full of gas....

    Friday check before the start of the week-end.... The smell of gas as I entered the cockpit made my heart sink....I turned the blower on, raised the engine hatch, and the bilge water has a layer of gas....there were drops of gas dripping down from the rear of the port exhaust manifold on the...
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    5.7 OsXi-DF noises and loss of power

    Re: 5.7 OsXi-DF noises and loss of power Well...there is a reason the symptoms are similar...THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME! yup...I have been bitten by the same snake twice.... here is the fuel pump and fuel cell...at the top I saw the neatly secured connector for the high pressure fuel pump...
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    5.7 OsXi-DF noises and loss of power

    In the water at idle, under load, there are no problems...but as I increased RPM to get on the channel, the port engine began to surge and back down RPMs rhythmically. RPM set at 1400 would back down to 800, then up, and down again... When I tired to push to get on plane, the engine sputtered...
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    Neat idea

    Re: Neat idea Ha! just don't confuse the fuel tank with your beer keg!
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    Volvo IPS vs CMD Zeus

    Re: Volvo IPS vs CMD Zeus You won't get this kind of problem with the Zeus....or possibly only in reverse....
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    Stainless Duo props getting eaten away

    Re: Stainless Duo props getting eaten away I did have this problem and have come to the conclusion that this is a casting defect....I corrected it as shown in this post from another forum several years back...
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    Forward facing props...

    While the theoretical advantages of forward facing props are appealing, here is one problem Volvo Penta did not expect to encounter.... http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=206069942761682&set=a.187932781242065.34754.103454649689879&type=1 ..."Fancy power is not for the faint of heart....or...
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    Lowrance LMS 525c DF losing memory

    I recently installed a pair of EP-60R fuel flow sensors and connected them to the NMEA 2000 network powered by the Lowrance LMS 525c DF plotter-fishfinder. The setup works well. The network buss setup requires that a tank-engine configuration (2 tanks, 2 engines) is selected. The fuel...
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    Pimp my boat contest

    For those members who have done such meticulous restorations, here is a contest sponsored by Jamestown Distributors.... http://pimpmyboat.jamestowndistributors.com/ I think a few members of this forum could easily win...
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    To fog or not to fog (Colonoscopy for your engine)

    Tabbed browsing is a bad thing. It fills your head with ideas, and having just read this post on colonoscopy, http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=446174 right after all the stuff that comes up on fogging, I could not help myself.... This is a project for a technical school, perhaps a...
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    Volvo Penta 5.7 temp at trip's end

    Twin OSXi-DF 5.7 L engines run at 175 deg., the stbd engine temp rises to 200, while docking, at the end of the trip....runs 175 while on plane... I flushed the engine with a garden-hose at the end of the trip, and the temperature went down to 175.... Where do I start? The impellers were new...
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    Volvo XDP trim sender replacement

    Perfect is the enemy of Good. My starboard trim indicator required adjusting after mounting the drive, just had to be perfect.... Then, it read off the scale,high...the sender had exposed wires and probably shorted... Just replaced the sender $245(!!!), but the gauge does not move from the...
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    Help getting rid of bellows adhesive!

    I'm preparing the transom for mounting my volvo XDP-B outdrives, and can't seem to get the old bellows adhesive out of the lip for u-joint bellows....it's cement! I regret using the stuff at all, since VP does not recommend using it... Three years ago, I used it because I found one drive...
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