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So I was warming up the boat and trying to troubleshoot the power(or lack there of) issue. The issue was it couldn't take a low idle without bogging and shutting down, and when on water it couldn't go more then 1/4-1/2 throttle without bogging down and dying.
I thought it was a carb issue, just...
This is a 2001 Mercruiser 3.0L Alpha I. When I bought the boat the owner said when she barely put any hours in it (49 hours) and by then it would only go 15 mph... Well she couldn't figure it out and the boat sat for 4 years.
When I was diagnosing why it had no fuel going down throat of carb I...
Okay so I've been posting here and you guys have been so much help, I have a 2001 Mercruiser 3.0 Alpha with mercarb 2 bbl.
now i've got it started but only when I take off the throttle cable and manually open throttle while helper starts. If I try to start it with throttle cable connected it...
I've been working on getting this boat running. It's 2001 3.0L Alpha I. The boat/engine only have 89 hours on it!!!
So far i've replaced: Starter, Fuel pump, Fuel filter (no water seperating), Battery, Cleaned the Carb with bucket of carb cleaner + air compressor.
I have fuel to the carb but...
Been doing some research on possible better power/fuel economy and i've heard vague things about converting to fuel injection but didn't explain the difficulty/cost to complete such a task.
Has anybody done this here and can share with me your experience?! Thanks a bunch
I'm looking for new fuel pump, would normally get parts at local sea ray dealer but they charge over $200!!
My fuel pump is a mechanical fuel pump that the dealership says is also my fuel filter. How do I determine which fuel pump is the right one here on iboats?? Is there a difference in...
Its a 2001 Searay 180
So i'm just about done getting the boat back to at least running! but then I know that maintenance to a boat is necessary to keep it running good so let's assume that all fluids, everything when the boat was ran last was just left as is and it sat for 4 years!!!!!
I...
Hey guys this is my first post here so hows it going!!!
Well good here, I have a 2001 Sea Ray 180 with 3.0L v4 I/O.
I've been working on getting it fixed for the past 6 months slowly because I've never worked on boat before.
But I have done lots of research and replacing parts and talking...
