Arminius
Well-Known Member
- Oct 30, 2019
- 1,068
- Boat Info
- Bowrider 200 Select, 2003
- Engines
- 5.0L MPI, 260 hp w/Alpha 1 Drive
I only have a few comments this year. As my boat gets older, my experiences become relevant to a diminishing audience. I wish everyone the best of luck.
My 5 liter has the one point system. Turn the blue handle spinning a long rod opening a valve at the bottom front of the engine. The manual says to remove a blue plug adjacent to the handle within 30 seconds. Failing timely removal, the blue plug down at the bottom front of the engine should also be removed. I always remove that plug too and water comes out regardless of whether I complied with the 30 second instruction. This engine has exhaust manifold drains also opened by the blue handle. These drains are large, 1/2" or so, except for the quick release style fitting at the front on the port side. Various commenters have said this fitting needs to be rodded out as it plugs easily and has resulted in the loss of some manifolds. One year I noted that the rear plywood wall of the storage compartment under the bench seat could be removed to provide access. Lastly, I observed that cranking the trailer jack all the way down may also tilt the front of the engine with the open drains down, allowing flow.
I had a 4.3 for a while and a commenter observed that there is an additional square drain plug for the head at the front of the engine partially behind the belt. I posted some pictures and there is even a technical bulletin. Water does gather there.
We seem to have more power outages as the idiots mess with our supply system to save the fish, the asthmatics, the climate and so forth. I bought a Champion tri-fuel open frame inverter-generator. This runs on the natural gas from the quick release plumbing on my deck for the gas grill. I will follow the disfavored practice of throwing the main circuit breaker and backfeeding power into the house wiring. An image is attached of my gender bender allowing two female 240 volt outlets to be married. It consists of two stove plugs joined back to back with very few mods except for the long machine screws holding them together.
You probably know that the conventional generator must drone along at 3600 or 1800 rpm to spin the 6 segments of the armature at the right speed to create 60 cycle AC. The inverter generator is quieter because it turns only as fast as the load requires. The DC is turned into pure 60 cycle AC by the mysterious and miraculous inverter section. It has quite the heat sink under the hood. Not really quiet but it allows me to keep up with the other gen-sets in the neighborhood. Yea, I'll check my numbers but you get the idea.
My 5 liter has the one point system. Turn the blue handle spinning a long rod opening a valve at the bottom front of the engine. The manual says to remove a blue plug adjacent to the handle within 30 seconds. Failing timely removal, the blue plug down at the bottom front of the engine should also be removed. I always remove that plug too and water comes out regardless of whether I complied with the 30 second instruction. This engine has exhaust manifold drains also opened by the blue handle. These drains are large, 1/2" or so, except for the quick release style fitting at the front on the port side. Various commenters have said this fitting needs to be rodded out as it plugs easily and has resulted in the loss of some manifolds. One year I noted that the rear plywood wall of the storage compartment under the bench seat could be removed to provide access. Lastly, I observed that cranking the trailer jack all the way down may also tilt the front of the engine with the open drains down, allowing flow.
I had a 4.3 for a while and a commenter observed that there is an additional square drain plug for the head at the front of the engine partially behind the belt. I posted some pictures and there is even a technical bulletin. Water does gather there.
We seem to have more power outages as the idiots mess with our supply system to save the fish, the asthmatics, the climate and so forth. I bought a Champion tri-fuel open frame inverter-generator. This runs on the natural gas from the quick release plumbing on my deck for the gas grill. I will follow the disfavored practice of throwing the main circuit breaker and backfeeding power into the house wiring. An image is attached of my gender bender allowing two female 240 volt outlets to be married. It consists of two stove plugs joined back to back with very few mods except for the long machine screws holding them together.
You probably know that the conventional generator must drone along at 3600 or 1800 rpm to spin the 6 segments of the armature at the right speed to create 60 cycle AC. The inverter generator is quieter because it turns only as fast as the load requires. The DC is turned into pure 60 cycle AC by the mysterious and miraculous inverter section. It has quite the heat sink under the hood. Not really quiet but it allows me to keep up with the other gen-sets in the neighborhood. Yea, I'll check my numbers but you get the idea.
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