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    trouble starting 1996 4.3 mercruiser... will only start with starting fluid and run

    I am trying to get the boat ready for the season and am chasing problems that started last season. A little history on the boat, I bought it as a fix-it project and ended up putting a rebuilt engine into it because of a cracked block. I got it running last season but not without issues. With...
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    exhaust getting hot on one side of fresh rebuild.

    I bought a 1996 VIP Valiant 4.3 as a project boat that had not been run in several years. It turned out the block and heads were cracked so I replaced the engine and reused the old intake and exhaust manifolds. On initial start up both manifolds got so hot they melted the flapper valves and...
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