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    Water Filling Up In Engine Compartment, Why?????

    Ok so just to through this out there, I am still extremely new to the boating world. So today I was on the lake with friends and we all decided to doc at an island. Instead of running my boat up on the sandy shore, I anchored it about 25 ft off of the shore. The front was positioned away from...
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    Adding A Second Battery?

    Ok so I know this topic has been out for ages, but since i'm still new to the boating world, I thought I would ask about it. I would like to add a second battery incase my current battery every drains down to non starting. I've searched and i'm pretty comfortable going with the Perko battery...
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    Tire Rating Different On Both Tires

    This may be an easy question. So last year I had a tire blow while returning from a lake trip. I bought a new tire the next day (Carlisle 225 75 r15 D rating). I decided to go ahead and replace the other tire this season, since both old tires where put on the same time. So the tire that I...
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    Engine Oil Prefferences

    I'm curious to know what oil others are using in their Mercruiser I/O. The p.o. was using quicksilver 25w40 full synthetic. Just curious if I should stay with this or is there a better solution? Thanks for the advice.
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    Carboreter Help.....

    Ok so being new to the boating world, I decided to go through my engine yesterday. Just to get familiar with everything. I noticed that the spark arrester was all caked up, so I decided to clean. When the carburetor was rigged up and I thought that's the way it was supposed to be, until I got a...
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    Surpentine Belt Size?

    I need to replace my surpentine belt b/c it is no longer serviceable. The Mercruiser # is 57-862086-1. I was wondering if someone knew an after market part number from an auto parts store. I know I have the option to take it in the the autoparts store, it's out of my way on a daily basis to go...
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    Selecting a replacement Prop

    Ok all, I'm very new to the boating world. I just purchased an 01 bayliner 4.3 alpha 1. I'm looking into replacing the prop b/c the current one is all dinged up. I currently have Michigan Wheel Vortex XHS 992005 Aluminum Boat Propeller installed and I was looking into replacing it with with a 4...
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    Voltage Drops While Advancing Throttle To Max Power Help.....

    I just recently purchased a 01 bayliner capri sport with the 4.3L engine. I replaced the battery and serviced everything before taking it out for my first time. The guy I bought it from is a friend of mine, who told me that he notice the voltage problem. So that was a known problem to me. Which...
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