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    Engine hours from Yamaha digital gauges

    I would like to know if there is a way to get the engine hours from the Yamaha digital gauges. I thought I had heard/read somewhere that these digital gauges store the engine hours but not sure of the trick to get them to display hours.<br />I do not have the original owners manual for the gauges.
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    Max RPM/prop question

    My 95 Yamaha 250 was running at 5400 rpm at WOT and turned 44mph on a 24ft heavy WAC deep vee hull. I performed a decarb with Seafoam kreep (great stuff!) and when I took the boat out to test run she gained 200rpm and 2mph but now is running at 5600rpm at WOT and slightly above Yamaha's rated...
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    Carbs versus EFI

    Quick question....<br />Putting all environmental issues aside, is a carbed engine considered less likely to strand you versus an EFI engine. It would seem that a carberated engine has more chance for problems but that it would still run with a problem whereas an EFI engine with problems would...
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    WallyWorld SuperTech 2-Cycle Oil

    Someone tell me that this relatively inexpensive outboard oil is OK to use. It seems that the price differential between a gallon of the Supertech outboard 2-cycle engine oil versus any of the manufacturers oil is way to great. Either the manufacturers are really ripping off the public or...
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    Help needed on Yamaha ignition switch and gauges

    1995 Yamaha 250 Saltwater on a Sailfish 236. Yamaha digital multifunction tach and speed gauges. When I turn on the ignition key the gauges remain dead but when I start the engine the tach gauge shows 0 mph and nothing else and the speedo still remains dead. I can slightly bump the ignition...
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    Yamaha gauges not working

    1995 Yamaha 250 Saltwater on a Sailfish 236. Yamaha digital multifunction tach and speed gauges. When I turn on the ignition key the gauges remain dead but when I start the engine the tach gauge shows 0 mph and nothing else and the speedo still remains dead. I can slightly bump the ignition...
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    Yamaha digital multifunction gauge problems

    I have a 1995 Yamaha 250 SW TXRT with the Yamaha digital multifunction gauge combo (tach & speedo). Went to start her this Sunday at the lake and the gauges didn't come on when the key was turned and then after the engine started only the tach had any indication and this was for 0 rpm and the...
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    Yamaha digital multifunction gauge issue

    I have a 1995 Yamaha 250 SW TXRT with the Yamaha digital multifunction gauge combo (tach & speedo). Went to start her this Sunday at the lake and the gauges didn't come on when the key was turned and then after the engine started only the tach had any indication and this was for 0 rpm and the...
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    1996 Force 90hp overheat alarm

    I have a 96 Force 90hp that the overheat alarm went off this weekend on the lake. The motor hadn't run over 10 minutes when the alarm sounded...first time this had ever happened. We were going to do some trolling and hadn't even accelerated to quarter power since launching. I immediatlly shut...
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