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    Water seperator filter or inline filter for 1989 Mercruiser 4.3 LX I/O.

    What is the better route to take. Installing a water seperator filter or an in-line filter? There appears to be plenty of room to install either one before the regular fuel filter on the 3/4" gray hose coming from the tank. Your thoughts and recomendations? I bought an in-line filter today...
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    1989 Mercruiser 4.3 LX I/O missing at full throttle, temp and blowing blower fuse.

    I had 3 seperate issues this last week. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Again, I have a 1989 Regal Sebring 195 with a Mercruiser 4.3 LX I/O set up. Brief history, ran 1st 2 days with no issues at all, got nailed with a boatload of rain overnight and then the issues started up. Don't...
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    Have to engage into forward and back to neutral before starting.

    I have a 1989 Regal Sebring 195 with 4.3 Mercruiser LX. I'm pretty sure it is an adjustment, but looking for advice to save time. Before I can restart the boat, I have to engage forward and come back into neutral every time before starting. I believe I need to adjust the shift cable or...
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    water getting gas? could this happen through the cap vent??

    looking at used boat. 1985 sylvan v190 4.3L Mercruiser. owner says that he has a quicksilver filter that fills up and cuts the engine and has to be emptied because he was getting water in fuel and didn't know why. is this a known issue or is there other trouble somewhere that lets water in the...
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    '94 700 cc Waverunner dying during deceleration

    seems to run good when it starts as long as it is being run, dies and is hard to start when stopping. <br /><br />i have two with same engine and gas was refueled at the same time every time so can i rule out bad gas since the same thing isn't happening to the other one. the one that is acting...
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    Freeze plug popped out!

    i have a 4.3 LX mercruiser engine that the port side front freeze/core plug has popped out. it is directly behing the motor mount on the front port side of the water jacket. i found it after putting on muffs and starting for the first time this year. i'm sure it is due to poor winterizing...
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