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    Is repowering carburated engine with EFI worth extra expense?

    EFI engines are more expensive than carburated to buy and I am looking to save money on my repowering project... This brings aspects of maintanenece, gas consumption, resale value etc. Whats your opinion?
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    Repowering Volvo Penta 4.3 Gi PEFS/ Volvo DPS drives

    I would like to repower my boat with new engines and keeping old drives which are in much better shape than engines. I saw reasonably priced, factory rebuilt Mercury engines. Q: Is it practical to repower twin VP 4.3 Gi PEFS 2000 with Mercury engines and keep VP DPS drives? Q 2: What engine...
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    Volvo Penta 4.3 PEFS/DPS drive pulling engine out

    Can I remove this engine without pulling I/O drive out? Regal 2660, twin V. Penta 4.3 Gi PEFS, drive Volvo DPS I have done bellows job couple of times and noticed that drive slides out easily. I would like to pull the engine out at my dock without hustle of towing the boat. Famous Claymor manual...
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    VP 4.3 Gi PEFS burning ignition modules

    Hi, I have 2000 4.3L Volvo Penta PEFS Engine S# 4012035077. Delco ignition. Problems started couple of years ago, engine went bad and mechanics replaced all the ignition components ( pickup coil, ignition coil, ignition module, distributor and cap). After 6 months, ignition module burned out and...
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    Power steering "skips".

    Twin Volvo Penta 4.3 GI, Regal 2660. When I am turning steering wheel, it sometimes skips a 1/8 of a turn and then engages again. Otherwise it works good. Please, advice.
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    Volvo Penta 4.3 GI P/U Coil replacement

    Engine S# 4012035077. I need to replace pickup coil in the distributor. According to my Clymer manual this can be done without removing the distributor. I have used all my ZEN trying to figure how to do it and I can't. In the replacement coil package there is information that the distributor has...
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