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    1996 Mercury XR6 alarm

    When I first launch my boat the engine fires up and runs perfect. I can run 20 miles with no alarm sounding whatsoever. I’ll shut off my motor and start fishing for a few hours but then when I restart my motor, a constant alarm sounds and stays on. What would cause the constant alarm to come on...
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    1996 Merc XR6 cooling issue

    I just replaced both of my thermostats and rebuilt the water pump top and bottom... while out testing everything today I had a good stream at idle all the way up through about 4000 rpm but when I went to wot I had no Visible stream coming out. I have ordered a new poppet valve kit but I'm not...
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    upper water pump

    I have a 1990 4.3L OMC Cobra in a ski boat. Last time i took the boat out i heard a metal on metal sound coming from the engine compartment. Upon closer investigation, i saw that my water pump was pretty much rusted through almost exposing the shaft. I removed the water pump from the front of...
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    last question i can think of about my water pump

    i have the new kit to replace my water pump and of course it did not come with any kind of instructions. just a lot of gaskets and o rings. i know where all of the gaskets go but the o rings which came with the kit im not really sure about. there are one or two really small o rings and one...
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    how do i remove the lower half of my water pump?

    im getting ready to install a new water pump housing and impeller but im not really sure how to remove the lower half of the impeller housing. it seams to be sitting pretty snug in there. anyone have any info for me?
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    1996 merc xr6 150 impeller question?

    hello everyone, im getting ready to put a new impeller and water pump in my 1996 mercury 150 xr6. i have always taken the boat to a mechanic for this but im tired of paying close to two hundred dollars for a forty dollar kit to be installed. any pointers on removing the lower unit on my...
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    a popping noise coming from my 1996 XR6 150 while tilting it up or down.

    i have a 96 XR6 Mercury and its just recently started to make a popping sound as i tilt the motor up or down. First i thought it was my transom cracking but as i listened carefully next to the motor i could hear it was coming from the two pistons which the engine compresses as it is almost...
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