While winterizing my boat this year I dumped the fuel water separator and I have quite a bit of water in it. I am not sure where the water came from. I do always use Startron at every fill up. I am going to look at the vent and fuel fill to see if there is any issues. Perhaps a bad batch of...
When I took the boat out last season I noticed the diffuser ring on my prop was missing. I have asked a few people at the boat yard the significance of this and they all said I really wouldn't notice a difference if the ring was on there or not. I have read that it pushes the exhaust gases...
I took her out today for the first time this season. I have a 5.0 Merc with a 2 bbl carb which was rebuilt at the beginning of the 2017 season due to ethanol issues. I always use Startron at every fill up and for the winter storage. Today at first she ran smooth. Got up on plane and ran...
My marina just painted the bottom of my boat and I used to have the 1 inch gap between the bottom paint and the transom assembly but they now painted right up to the assembly and I no longer have the gap. I have been reading a lot about this and some say it is no longer a problem and some say...