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    175 Direct Injection

    I am new to having an outboard have always had I/O's in the past. Bought a pontoon last year with a 175 direct inject Evinrude motor. Whenever we turn it off it seems to discharge a small amount of fuel, coating the water and giving off a gas smell. Is this normal for an outboard?
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    proper compression

    getting ready to do a compression check on our recently rebuild 4.3L. Having difficulty finding a baseline number. What should the correct compression value be for a recently rebuilt 4.3L ?
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    spark knock

    Been pulling my hair out trying to solve a small problem with our boat. Purchased and installed a rebuilt short block over the winter. Everything went fine and was running good during the break in period. Its a 93 SeaRay with a 4.3L. After break in and we could take it over 400 rpm's we have...
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    knocking noise

    Have a 93 Searay with a 4.3L, put a new rebuilt motor in it this spring. Been running great through the break in period. Finally got enough hours on it to take it over 4000 RPM's. At around 4200 rpms after a few minutes its making a slight knock or ping sounding like a metal to metal coming from...
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    possible shift cable problem

    have a 93 SeaRay with a 4.3L and Alpha drive. Motor is stalling out when shifting into reverse. Will run in reverse if I baby it just into reverse at idle, but when any throttle is applied it stalls. Also at times will not come out of reverse unless I briskly push into neutral. Forward works...
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    4.3 big problems

    looking for a little advice here, we have a 93 Sea Ray with a 4.3L merc. Had problems earlier in summer, ended up taking to marina had 3 bad valves and a cracked head. Valves where replaced as was cracked head and valve job done on both heads. Boat ran great for four weekends, best its ever run...
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    correct idle speed

    i have a 93 Searay with a 4.3 L i've heard correct idle speed should be around 600 rpm's. anything under 900 mine will die out idles best around 1000 or 1100 but afraid this is do high for shifting into gear. have done completed tune up, rebuilt carb, and adjusted timing best i could at 1000 rpm's
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    Merc 4.3 L bogging down

    have a Merc 4.3L have replace ignition module, coil, sensor, cap, wires, plugs, rebuilt carb. starts and idles fine but after running for 30 mins or so will not starts running bad and rpm's won't go over 3000.
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    4.3L merc rough running

    having difficulty getting my 4.3L to run correctly have had a series of problems seems like when I fix one thing something else begins to happen. Started out the year first time in water stalling out and not starting. Traced it back to electrical problem replaced coil, ignition module, wires...
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