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    3.0 Mercruiser Warm Start Issues

    New member here.... Just picked up a 2007 sea ray 175 sport. Boat cold starts and runs great but sometimes struggles to warm start. I always run engine ventilation fans but sometime boat will not crank when warm at it requires me to pop engine hood and crank while feathering throttle. I have...
  2. LawyerMan

    Carburetor Issues on Mercruiser 3.0

    I did a terrible thing. We ran the boat all summer long and had a great time with it. At the end of the season I filled up the tank, forgot to add Stabil, then let it sit for a few months. I went to start it up the other day (it's 70* down here :grin: ), and it wouldn't start. Here at the...
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    Sharing info about 185 Sport with a V4 3.0 Liter

    Hello everybody, I have owned a 185 sport with a smaller 3.0 L engine for a couple of years now and am looking to share experiences with other owners of an exact same boat. My current hot topics are listed below, but I am open for a discussion on anything (boat related of course :smt001). -...
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    Engine Alarm constant on 185 Sport 3.0L TKS Alpha Sterndrive

    Hello everyone, I have a 2007 185 Sport with a 3.0L engine. There are 40 hours on the boat. At 20 hours, we had a full service done by Sea Ray mechanic. Today while out in the water, the engine alarm started going off and would not stop. The boat was fine for about an hour. We stopped to put...
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