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looking for a little direction on how to fix this problem I have a 1988 four wins 235 sundowner with a 5.7 litre 350 motor in it, it has new wires cap and points that were just put in and it runs smooth at lower rpm's but when I push the throttle beyond 4000 rpm's the boat starts missing and...
I have a 1988 four winns with a 5.7 litre omc motor that just took a dump and i am looking to replace it but before i go dropping a ton of money into a remanufactured motor there is a 5.7 litre merc motor for a fraction of the cost of the remanufactured one.How much work would it take to switch...
I have a 1988 four winns 235 sundowner and it has a 5.7 litre 260 hp omc motor and an omc cobra outdrive with an aluminum prop that has seen better days it is a 15x19 and I am looking to buy a new one, the boat runs at around 4200 rpm's WOT with top speed around 33 mph wich seems low to me so...
I have a 5.7 ltre omc and it is leaking oil on the left side out of the flame arrestor down onto the top of the intake and it also has a steady flow of white smoke coming out of the valve cover hose at the flame arrestor the boat runs fine and the tempature is normal but does anyone know what...
I think I got it all as far as the information I just need an answer now is this a king cobra or just a regular cobra outdrive the motor is a 5.7 litre and the part # is 574APRG the outdrive part # is 953022 and the serial # for the motor is 01096551 and the serial # for the outdrive is 052688...
I am looking to buy a boat and it has a 350 motor and an omc outdrive and I am wondering what is so bad about the omc and just how hard it is to get parts,and also should I just stay away from omc before I buy a big headache
How big of a boat would you consider to be too big to tow to and from the lake? Basicly I want to know at what size of boat would someone consider to just dock it instead of tow it.Looking to buy a 24' searay any help would be appreciated.
