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    sx-a noisy raising/lowering - pivot lube?

    Got home from boating on Sunday, and while lowering trim in the garage, there was a strange creaking noise coming I believe from the area of the pivot pin on the port side. Tried it Monday and it still made the noise. Tried again today and it is back to normal. Is there any periodic lube or...
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    4.3 GL-J oil pan gasket change

    I am getting prepped to pull my engine for the first time to get a better look at why I continuously weep oil from between the timing cover and oil pan. With a mirror I can see what looks like possible damage on the oil pan around where the front part of the seal seats into it, so fully...
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    Alternator going bad?

    Noticing recently that every time I start the engine (4.3 GL-J) my radio fades out for 5-10 seconds. I dont recall it doing that previously. Watching the volt gauge on the dash, it sits at about 12 after the starter has done its work, then recovers over that same time period to about 13.5 -...
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    should I just change the fuel pump?

    2008 4.3 GL-J. Over the last 3 trips on the water, have noticed it start bogging down at progressively lower RPM - it recovers as soon as you back down. First time was only after about 30 seconds at WOT - did it once, near end of day on way back to dock. Second time was at about 3600 RPM...
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    engine alignment

    Pulled my SX-A outdrive today for annual check. Everything looks great, but the alignment tool seems a little stiffer sliding in the final 2 inches or so into the coupler than a year ago. Looking at grease marks on the tool when I pull it back out, the top has spline marks right at the tip...
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    holley 2 bbl question

    Have had my boat for about a year - 4.3GL-J, with the stock holley 2 barrel carb. I get some sooty residue along the water line at the back of the boat, and plugs look a little sooty when I pulled them out to inspect, so was guessing that the idle might be a hair rich. Looking at the carb...
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    Rubex RBX-105 Hub issues

    I have had my boat for just over a year. I had no problems getting the Rubex prop and hub off of my Volvo SX-A last year (it was brand new from the shop I bought the boat at), but then when reinstalling it last year after initial maintenance noted that it seemed to take a lot of wrenching to...
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    4.3 Timing cover leak - not the plastic cover?

    I have a 4.3 GL-J with a minor weep of oil off the bottom area of the timing cover. I thought I had the plastic cover, and have been researching it before I start pulling parts off to look further (achris threads, others), but realizing now that I look carefully that it does not appear to be a...
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    damage from running with trim up?

    With warmer water, I pulled my first adult on a tube this weekend behind my 4.3 with an SX-A drive. Problem was that somehow while getting ready, the trim must have gotten accidentally bumped (really not sure how??) and when I went to start pulling him the drive was trimmed up really high. The...
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    sx-a first time off

    I just pulled my sx-a outdrive off for the first time today to inspect the u-joints. U-joints and gimbal bearing look really good, coupler alignment is spot-on, and was not a hard job after building a quick rolling stand out of 2x4's. Questions: -Are the 2 o-rings on the u-joint shaft supposed...
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    4.3 valve cover gaskets

    Starboard valve cover gasket on my 4.3 GL-J is weeping some oil - at least I think it is based on oil dripping onto inside of exhaust manifold and spark plug wires on that side. Was going to pull it this weekend and examine. Hoping to get away with not having to remove the exhaust riser on...
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    control lever friction adjustment off idle

    After the first couple of trips out in my 2008 Glastron GT185 with VP 4.3GL engine and SX-A outdrive, I am trying to see if there is a known way to adjust the control lever friction immediately off-idle. The outdrive shifts fine in forwards and reverse, just once idling along in forwards if I...
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    Power steering cylinder leak

    Noticing that I have some small accumulation of oily liquid in the bilge of my new-to-me boat as I continue to poke around and learn about it, I have the source now isolated to my power steering actuator cylinder. The cylinder is the style shown in the listing below, and leakage appears to be...
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    new volvo owner

    Hello all. I have been lurking here for a few months now sucking up pre-purchase info and finally made my first boat purchase just before Christmas. 8 year old boat that previous owner had in a colder state (I am in AZ) and froze the block. I bought it from a local mechanic who just dropped...
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