"Hello,
I have a 17'
"Hello,
I have a 17' Renken (1992) with a 3.0 Mercrusier/Alpha 1 Generation 2 outdrive. The first problem I had this season, was a distinct smell of gas when the engine was run for awhile, than shut down. My mechanic tightened all hoses and fittings and this seemed to help. Now my idle is 1100 rpms when at idle.
My second problem arose during a tubing session with friends. I seems I blew the gears in the top end of my Alpha 1. Ok....poop happens, so I had him completely disassemble the unit and change the gears in the top half, as well as, inspect the impellar,check the shaft, and reseal the lower end. So invariably the unit has been rebuilt and resealed, and that was not inexpensive!! So, now it seems to be shifting rather loud now, is the loud shifting caused by the increased idle speed??"
I have a 17'
"Hello,
I have a 17' Renken (1992) with a 3.0 Mercrusier/Alpha 1 Generation 2 outdrive. The first problem I had this season, was a distinct smell of gas when the engine was run for awhile, than shut down. My mechanic tightened all hoses and fittings and this seemed to help. Now my idle is 1100 rpms when at idle.
My second problem arose during a tubing session with friends. I seems I blew the gears in the top end of my Alpha 1. Ok....poop happens, so I had him completely disassemble the unit and change the gears in the top half, as well as, inspect the impellar,check the shaft, and reseal the lower end. So invariably the unit has been rebuilt and resealed, and that was not inexpensive!! So, now it seems to be shifting rather loud now, is the loud shifting caused by the increased idle speed??"