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    Volvo Penta SX grease tube fix alternative.

    As most people know the grease tube on these outdrives is a pretty poor design. My gimbal bearing failed after one season due to the tube falling out somewhere and allowed water in the bearing .... what a headache. Well as always its just about time to boat in water and low and behold my gimbal...
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    Volvo Penta high and low pressure fuel pump replacement

    So my fuel pump off my Volvo Penta Gi-F 5.7 has failed again. I have pulled it apart removed all the paint off the inside of where the fuel flows and hoping this will prevent future issues. I paid nearly $900 dollars just couple years ago only to get the same paint issue when I purchased the...
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    Outdrive swinging

    Hey all I have a 2006 four winns 210 horizon with a Volvo penta 5.7 Gi-F. Finally got chance to clean her up and get ready to launch her for first of the season. When I put ears on and fired her up she shakes violently and looks like outdrive is going side to side fast. This is with no...
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    Hard starting after floating

    I have a 2006 four winns 210 horizon with the 5.7 Volvo Gi-F. When I take it off trailer it starts right up and runs great. However if I stop the boat and float around for a couple hours the boat will not start. It will crank and crank but not turn over. Not sure if it is because it's hot but I...
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    New motor, new ECM no start

    Started another post just so no one has to read 5 pages of frustration. In hopes someone might have another idea... I've had lots of great help but just haven't been able to figure it out. Volvo Penta Gi-F 2006 5.7L New motor installed and wouldn't start. Ignition coil will fire ONLY 3-4 times...
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    New motor installed and won't start

    Hey guys I have 2006 four winns 210 horizon that has the volvo penta 5.7 Gi-F engine. Last summer the crankshaft broke still not sure how but anyways since I have installed a new longblock and reinstalled in the boat. The motor will crank and crank but won't fire. I have a very weak spark coming...
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    Amp selection and speaker wiring

    I had a 600 watt 4 channel amp that burned up. It powered 4 6.5inch speakers and 1 10 in sub. I'd like to add 2 tower speakers and looking for some help on what amp to get and a little help on wiring the speakers to amp. Not sure the whole bridged / crossover on back. Thanks for any and all help
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    Motor mounts and risers

    A quick background...my crankshaft broke on my original motor. The boat is a 2006 Four Winns horizon 210 with a volvo penta gi-f. So I bought a replacement long block and brought my boat to a 40 year mechanic to swap it out. I got a call today from him telling me that the motor mounts are too...
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    Long block swap to Vortec

    Hi I am unfortunately having to get a new long block for my 2006 Four Winns 210 Horizon. It currently has a 5.7 Volvo Penta Gi-F motor installed and a broke crankshaft to go with it;( . I have been looking at getting a long block to swap out with the old one. Due to the fact I am not really up...
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    Major engine issue?

    A little background on what happened. ... I was out riding around lake and the boat was running fine. About 20 min into trip it sounded really rough and vibrating excessively so i shut boat down. I smelled what I thought was burning rubber so checked belt which was fine and then saw some oil in...
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    Volvo Penta 5.7 gi-f won't run

    Hello everyone I'm new to this and to boating but I was hoping someone might be able to help me out. A quick run down of problems I'm having are.... I bought boat 2 weeks ago it ran good during test drive and good for about 2 hrs after I got it home. The boat was running fine then sputtered once...
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