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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

    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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    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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    Bleeding rust in manifold-riser joints VP 5.7 OSXi-DF

    I just found some bleeding rust at the joint between the exhaust manifold and the elbow risers, in the port engine...(STBD engine looks ok) The boat is 6 seasons old, salt water 6-months of the year. Twin Volvo Penta 5.7 OSXi-DF (factory-installed closed cooling). Any suggestions? Should I...
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    Help replacing seal in gimbal bearing housing

    After trhee seasons in salt water, my XDP-B drives were removed for the winter. I noticed a difference in the color of the 101 lube I had applied to the U-joints (on the stbd drive, it was dark and had dirt on it, like a residue), when compared to the clean green color on the port drive...
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    XDP drive gear oil leak

    At my last outing, I saw a small amount of oil shining behind my boat...Blamed in on the guy next door...but the port Volvo XDP-B (1.96) drive had lost about 4 oz. of gear oil from the engine reservoir. At haul-out, the drive had gear oil coming out of one of the small drain holes, and the stbd...
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    3.3 Mercury maintenance manual

    I would like to find a manual for my 3.3 hp Mercury dink motor. It is a 2004 model used in salt water, and I need to clean and lube the gears. This past season, I noticed lower than usual amount of water exiting the cooling hose, and probably need to perform some careful cleaning... I dont...
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    Crud in the heat exchanger!

    I drained the heat exchangers in twin 5.7 Volvo OSxi engines. When I removed the plug anodes, the zincs were gone and the holes had crud in them... I got this stuff out, but how can you tell if there is more junk insude?
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    VP Stainless steel duoprop pitting: electrolysis or casting defect?

    I have 6 seasons old stainless steel propellers in dual XDP-B volvo drives. Three years ago I moved from a commercial marina to a club where I can do some of my own maintenance. In 2006 I discovered some pitting on the steel and had the props welded and balanced at a professional prop shop...
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