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2013 Q5i owner here. 4.3L fuel injected engine. My baby seems to be starving for fuel as soon as I put her in gear. Forward or reverse. Zero power. Cranks and idles perfect. I've verified the tank is clean, changed the fuel water separator, removed the anit-siphon valve, replaced the injectors and the fuel pump. All fuel lines are tight at connections. I'm lost as to what the pr...

Launched boat and wound up with 2 new issues. The first appears to be a slightly low Bat on the starboard motor. If keys are turned ON and each provides a single beep and it's started right away, I get 2 more beeps. It only happens with starboard and not the port. If I turn the key ON and wait for vessel view to power up it doesn't happen.

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Repainting the trailer for the 1998 Sylvan 17’ Blue Fish we bought last fall. Cleaning up the hubs and see a second grease zerk behind the plate with the bolts in it. Both hubs are like this. It would be about impossible to get to with the tire on. Trailer is a Yacht Club. Can’t say I ever saw this before, but this is the first boat I’ve owned. Is this something that was done on...

This motor ran 3 years ago.I used it a long time.When cleaning the carb 2 screws that hold the bottom bowl on were gone .Both on the same side.I have a 71 20 hp that is basically the same looks wise .I robbed 2 screws out of this bowl.The carbs looked the same.What is the difference The carb never leaked.Also what do you do about the packing for the needle it appears to be no lo...

Been playing with prop geometries this season and getting some unexpected results.

The boat is a 1976 Starcraft Montego with a Mercruiser 888. Engine is mostly stock but has been upgraded with an Edelbrock performer 289 intake, a Holley Marine 4160 4-barrel (originally off a Mercruiser 5.0) and a pertronix ignitor solid state points replacement with flamethrower ignitio...