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    3 trips out 2 ignition modules went bad

    An HEI distributor will not need a ballast resistor. It is designed to run on full voltage. The ignition module should also get full voltage. The ignition module should have some thermal paste on the bottom where it mounts to a metal plate to conduct heat away from it. If there isn't paste, it...
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    How to find out the Hp and top speed of my Volvo Penta engine please

    The hull ID number will certainly give you the year, possibly info on the motor and drive if you can't find anything else
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    Slow to no cranking at times

    What Bondo is saying in not as many words is don't forget to clean the negative terminal and grounding post on the engine block.
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    Water leaking from engine - 5.7 GXI-E

    MELLING MPE848BR Full kit $18.77 from Rockauto
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    Growling in gear

    Grease your gimbal bearing and see if it helps. Granted, it probably won't but it's at least really easy
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    Assembling a 4.3 MerCruiser v6 - Parts check needed

    I don't know what your plans are for the boat, what condition it's in, or how much you plan to use it, but it's pretty hard to beat bang for the buck when you can get a good, relatively low mile engine from a truck for under $1000, put brass freeze plug in it, replace head bolts and gaskets if...
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    Y pipe

    In the driveway, put the plug in and fill the bilge with water and see where it leaks out the back. Just be careful not to submerge anything you don't want wet.
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    Assembling a 4.3 MerCruiser v6 - Parts check needed

    I would trust Melling's description of the cam over Summit's. Lot's of typos on Summit. High volume oil pump. Standard would be fine, but as the engine heats up or wears and pressure drops the high volume keeps the flow up. Personally, I would have checked the classifieds or junkyard for a...
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    No oil pressure on 97 Monterey with 5.7

    I have had a broken oil pump intermediate shaft that resulted in no oil pressure. Oil pickup tube can fall off. Pull the dizzy and check intermediate shaft. And make sure dizzy shaft is intact
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    Volvo Penta Drive Belt - Lots of dust and quickly wearing??

    Take a straight edge like a 2 foot bubble level or a carpenter's square across the pulleys edge. Make sure they are lined up with each other and not sitting crooked
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    Volvo Penta Drive Belt - Lots of dust and quickly wearing??

    Make sure your pulleys are properly aligned. Put a straight edge across them and they should all line up. If not, they are improperly mounted or wrong pulleys or accessories are not correct or improperly mounted.
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    1991 4.3 OMC Oil and Water

    You have an emulsion. Same concept as mayonnaise. It might separate out after a long time or it may never separate. This
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    1991 4.3 OMC Oil and Water

    @Lou C Are you suggesting removing the impeller and running without water? Wouldn't running with water flowing just milkshake again?
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    1991 4.3 OMC Oil and Water

    Could be head gasket, intake manifold gasket, cracked block etc. First time out this year? Overheated? Improper winterization? If you think the motor can be saved you need to drain/flush all the milkshake out ASAP! I would drain what I can and fill the block all the way up with diesel fuel and...
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    new GM 5.7 engine holes near oil filter

    The one above the oil filter is a oil pressure port generally used for an oil pressure safety switch if a marine application, often not used in automotive application. Other holes, if going to coolant passages can be coolant temp or drain plugs. If blind holes, may be for knock sensor. Just make...
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