brandonstephens
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- Aug 17, 2013
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New user and boater here with 1988 Searay with Mercruiser 3.8.
It starts and runs. I bought it (my first boat) in May and I took it out a few times and all was fine. I recently took it out and it died and wouldn't come back.
I did hook it up to a water hose via a flusher today, made some adjustments to the idle mixture and it is back to starting and running.
I never noticed before but I have liquid of some kind, spewing into the engine via these PVC pipes that come from each side of the engine block. It is quite a bit, gassy smell. Is this normal, or is this a cut line of some kind?
I will post a few pics. One is with the flame arrestor/air filter looking thing and the rest are closeups. In one you can see the liquid on the engine block, but much more spews all over and down into the bilge pump area. If anyone can tell me what these tubes are and what they're for, awesome, and if they need fixing or if something else needs work as well.
Thanks a bunch.
Advice?
It starts and runs. I bought it (my first boat) in May and I took it out a few times and all was fine. I recently took it out and it died and wouldn't come back.
I did hook it up to a water hose via a flusher today, made some adjustments to the idle mixture and it is back to starting and running.
I never noticed before but I have liquid of some kind, spewing into the engine via these PVC pipes that come from each side of the engine block. It is quite a bit, gassy smell. Is this normal, or is this a cut line of some kind?
I will post a few pics. One is with the flame arrestor/air filter looking thing and the rest are closeups. In one you can see the liquid on the engine block, but much more spews all over and down into the bilge pump area. If anyone can tell me what these tubes are and what they're for, awesome, and if they need fixing or if something else needs work as well.
Thanks a bunch.
Advice?
