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    Sudden high rpms, loss of speed, smooth engine, not the prop..

    Well super encouraging... we turned idol back went out last night. The rpms didn't go above 5000. That is a huge improvement... and we got up to 44mph, so gained 5. Seems random. We fiddled with a few things, just making sure all hoses were tight, everything was ?? My husband did clean out a...
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    Sudden high rpms, loss of speed, smooth engine, not the prop..

    Thanks for this thought. We were out again yesterday. We did realize one of our 2 props(a stainless steel one) did infact show it was probably a spun prop. The other , not stainless, however it should only make us lose 2-3 mph and have no bearing on rpms is NOT showing its spin. We sent the...
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    Sudden high rpms, loss of speed, smooth engine, not the prop..

    On the carb plate I mean
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    Sudden high rpms, loss of speed, smooth engine, not the prop..

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    Sudden high rpms, loss of speed, smooth engine, not the prop..

    Interesting... on the throttle, if were engaging the throttle should it open to 90 ° when wot, sorry if that's a dumb question.
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    Sudden high rpms, loss of speed, smooth engine, not the prop..

    Ours doesn't have a filter or screen on the bottom of the tube. I've checked in to this and apparently its normal. Its slanted on the bottom with no place for a screen or filter ... I've seen diagrams that show filters though, which is why we looked into it. Do you think this could be the...
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    Sudden high rpms, loss of speed, smooth engine, not the prop..

    So crazy thought, the anti siphon valve actually had some gunk at the bulb we cleaned it out could this really be the problem? That would be great!!
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    Sudden high rpms, loss of speed, smooth engine, not the prop..

    I would be extremely grateful for any thoughts on this. I have an four winns with an OMC Ford 302 engine. It normally runs 4500 rpms and close to 50mph. We recently had an alternator replaced and a sea/raw water pump rebuilt. When we put the boat back in the water it had lost 8 mph... and gained...
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    Can someone PLEASE tell me which bellows are which? taking on some water...

    I guess I do not KNOW the transom is solid. When I researched signs of problems the transom and granted you are all correct just like in a home you cant find mold until you open up a wall, everything I read said you should see minor flexing or some stress cracking. We don't have any cracks not...
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    Can someone PLEASE tell me which bellows are which? taking on some water...

    Hmmm... Interesting! I guess that seal, part 65 goes the whole way around where it mounts? It couldn't be 67 could it? LOL eternal optimist here hoping it isn't the transom. It has been run only in fresh water. Taken good car of and literally has 430 hrs on it. I was winterized every year and we...
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    Can someone PLEASE tell me which bellows are which? taking on some water...

    My gracious I goofed again.... We DID replace impeller and the kill switch lol
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    Can someone PLEASE tell me which bellows are which? taking on some water...

    I only saw the last few responses after I sent my response to myself %-/ My apologies, rookie move! We cleaned out the bilge before we did this, and did not put much water in. We had the bow raised up. And bilged water out as soon as we saw it coming out. We also did change all oils, plugs, had...
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    Can someone PLEASE tell me which bellows are which? taking on some water...

    So it of course is not the depth finders transducer! We found were the water is leaking. We put water in the bilge and it came out the bottom of the transom/stern drive mounting, I'm taking a guess here that it is the gasket? Maybe? Is this true? Or could be anything inside there? I'm thinking...
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    Can someone PLEASE tell me which bellows are which? taking on some water...

    I gotcha now, that makes complete sense... I was struggling to understand why the water would not come in that lower bellow, sometimes I just need a thorough explanation and it hits ya! So running water through with muffs should put water in bilge if its a seal or anything in the outdrive...
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    Can someone PLEASE tell me which bellows are which? taking on some water...

    The transponder is underneath and through the hull. My husband said he could put his fingernail around the edge of it so I'm thinking if we put some water in the boat now on dry land & its that it would drip out bottom right? We were out yesterday for about 4 hours and never saw where it was...
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    Can someone PLEASE tell me which bellows are which? taking on some water...

    I have a 1995, 190 Horizon with cobra OMC outdrive. We had it stored for almost 10 years in our garage. Got it in the water yesterday & it ran really well. However, two things I noticed were the depth finder was completely off... reading like 546ft when we were putting the boat in, so it should...
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    how to remove the stripped nut!!??

    cant figure out if i should post this on omc or volvo penta so here i am....the nut from the gas line into the carborator was slightly stripped, now almost totally stripped... it won't budge!! any ideas how to move this before i completly destroy it? :confused:i'm thinking we need to clean that...
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    ignition blowing fuse and low rpm wot

    ok i started by tryin to figure out why we couldn't go above 4000 rpm's in the process we have ruled out a few things on Don's list, gas is good changed fuel seperator did tune up, boat bottom clean, no water that i can tell, engines purrs like a kitten! just cant get above 4000 or like 43-44...
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