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replaced piston on #3 cylinder put back together reusing head gasket (stupid move i know) i have done a compression test with
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got spark everthing looks good but won't idle good with hose and won't idle or run in water unless i give it about 1/4 throttle. i have...
ok i had to replace #3 piston due to it had a broken ring. got everything done and tried to start it and the starter is just dragging. put a freshly charged jump box on it just incase my 2 week old new battery was weak and got the same result.
took out all the spark plugs and it could turn the...
i have just bought my first boat and it is a 89 bayliner capri with a force 125 motor. i have been having some trouble with the speed on the boat it just cant seem to get over 25 mph and it takes a while to get that fast so i started trouble shooting it today and found that #3 cylinder has very...
