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    Mercruiser hard starting after running (carb dripping too much?)

    Greetings, my boat is a 1988 Mercruiser 3.0L (130 HP). My problem is that she'll initially start and run fine... after i shut her off i have a real hard time starting her if she sits more than 20 seconds. i puilled the flame arrestor off and looked down the throat of the carb and it seems...
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    Marine Franchise

    anyone know of a good place to go for research on marine store franchises? i.e. West Marine, Boaters World etc....
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    1988 Mercruiser 3.0l stalls - will not idle

    I recently tuned up my 1988 Mercruiser 3.0L (new points, plugs, gapped, set timing etc... ) After the tune up i had her running pretty nicely - took her out 4 times with no issues. The only thing i would mention is that once i turned her off and waited a couple of minutes (or longer) to...
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    1988 Mercruiser 3.0l engine vibration

    i've recently did a tune up on my engine and now she's not running very smooth at all. I replaced points (gapped to .022), condenser and plugs. I thought the timing may have been off so i attempted to set the timing with a timing light. She wasnt riding this rough before i started messing...
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