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    1998 3L Mercruiser - strange coolant loss

    Hey guys, question for you: After driving at 3000 rpm for 30 minutes, I stopped at the dock and turned the engine off. All of a sudden coolant started rushing into the overflow reservoir, and squirting out the spigot at the top. It continued doing this until there was a few liters of coolant in...
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    newer Yamaha 8hp high thrust bogs, dies, after running for an hour

    Four-stroke engine is 3 or 4 years old. After trolling with it for an hour or so, the engine starts to bog down, then eventually dies. This happens sooner if I'm running the engine harder. I can get the engine started again, but it only wants to idle, and if I run it again at trolling speed it...
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    How to install a distributor?

    '98 merc 3.0L, 135hp Yesterday removed the cap from the distributor and then removed the distributor itself from the engine (while foolishly looking for the source of another problem) and then today put it back in. Little did I know that it had to be put in just right.. Cranked it over...
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    Mysterious leak origin?

    '98 3.0L Mercruiser, 135hp, operated in salt water 9 months of the year. 5 Pictures attached. I'm not sure where this leak is coming from. There's marks over and around the push rod cover where rusty water has flowed. There's a line of rust all along the big gasket in the pictures (the head...
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    Alpha one: why remove outdrive?

    1998 Mercruiser 135 hp, Alpha One Gen 2 outdrive. Manual says to grease gimbal bearing, and spline. This can be done by the grease nipples/zerks, without having to take off the outdrive. But the manual mentions 'checking alignment' and to remove the outdrive every few years... I've had the boat...
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    Best service manual - Clymer or Seloc?

    Hello, I have a 1998 Mercruise 3L with Alpha One leg. I'm trying to do all the maintenance on it myself, but need a manual. I've looked through Amazon.com and there seem to be two main manuals, Clymer and Seloc. Both have poor reviews from past customers. I have also searched the Mercruiser...
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