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    need oil filter help please...

    i just put a new 5.7 gm vortec engine in my 2300 maxum. i splurged for the remote oil filter kit (100.00) and it came with the filter...Now i need to find another filter. the filter says:<br />MARINE POWER 0904-000. It is about the size of a Fram ph8 filter. The company is based out of...
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    Prop Questions...

    I have a 2000 1/2 Maxum 2300 SR (23 ft) that had a 250 HP 2bbl carb motor. It ran about 48 mph at 4800 rpm with some throttle left. The prop was the original 14x19 merc stainless three blade prop. The motor cracked over the winter. Dumb owner forgot to drain motor! Anyways I am replacing the...
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    Prop Questions...

    I have a 2000 1/2 Maxum 2300 SR (23 ft) that had a 250 HP 2bbl carb motor. It ran about 48 mph at 4800 rpm with some throttle left. The prop was the original 14x19 merc stainless three blade prop. The motor cracked over the winter. Dumb owner forgot to drain motor! Anyways I am replacing the...
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    fuel milage question...

    I have a 2000 23foot maxum that had a 250 hp 5.7l engine with a 2 barrel carb. I have now replaced the motor with a 5.7l 315 HP 4bbl carb engine. What should I expect for fuel consumption. Some say way more gas burned, others say about the same. What do you experts say?
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    Angle Torque question....

    My mercruiser factory repair manual calls for first pass torque with a regular torque wrench and then angle torquing. What is this angle torque deal? By the way, for those of you who helped me diagnois my 5.7 mercrusier water in oil problem, the block was cracked in the same place on both sides...
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    2000 1/2 Mercruiser 5.7 water in oil problem

    the info: I checked oil prior to starting after winter break (nothing odd noted. Ran motor for 20 minutes on the muffs at low speed (approx 1,000 rpm) to warm oil for oil change. Shut off engine (left water on foot of motor) and began to pump out old oil through dipstick. Noticed milky color...
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