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    671 mechanic RI area

    Looking for old time 671 detroit guy in RI area. PM me with any good leads
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    3208

    New to diesels and just purchased a boat with twin 3208 naturals 210hp. Took it home from New Haven to Point Judith last week. For the first hour and a half, we were just running at 1500 RPMs. When the person onboard with me asked to go down below, we brought the engines down to idle. The...
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    Bogging down

    "Need help. Have twin 270&#39 "Need help. Have twin 270's both run great. They are 83s an just turned 1,000 hours. I have 2 30 gallon tanks up front and 2 80 gallon tanks in the aft. I haven't any issues on the front tanks but on my port the enginge bogs down WOT in about 5 minutes...
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    Twin 270bs

    "Looking for advice on temps. "Looking for advice on temps. Yesterday, I ran 25 miles offshore. For 3 years, my engines always ran at 172 underway. Yesterday, I noticed the port was running a little warmer than usual, 178 at 2900 RPM's. When she ran at 2500 RPM's all was normal. What would...
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    Stall

    "I have twin 270's 900 hou "I have twin 270's 900 hours. Yesterday ran offshore 20 miles at 2900 RPM's cruised at 19kts. Ran great. When I arrived at the fishing grounds, I trolled for about a half hour with one engine in gear and the other at idle. The engine at idle stalled out and...
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    RisersElbows

    "I have twin 270's that ar "I have twin 270's that are fresh water cooled engines. Several people suggested I change out the elbows and risers. I have had this boat now 4 years and don't know when they were done last. It does appear that riser is newer than the elbow just by wear but it also...
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    Twin 270bs 1983

    here is a general question. I here is a general question. I have twin FWC 270's with 1100 hours on them Last year I was asked several times to take my boat out to the caynons which is about a 70 mile trip one way. All my friends have diesles or new outboards. Should I feel confident about...
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    Speed

    I have a 29 Phoenix convertabl I have a 29 Phoenix convertable that weights about 8500lbs with twin 270's. What should I go top speed at? would anyone know? also what is the max RPM that I can cruise at without opeining up the secondaires on the Carb?
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    Bogging out

    I have twin 270's FWC 1983 I have twin 270's FWC 1983 with 900 hours. I just had my starboard carb rebuilt. On occasion at 3000 RPM's she bogs out and normally doesn't stall but yesterday she did. She usually just needs to be reved up again and continues to run fine after that. Crusing at...
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    Stalling

    I have twin FWC 270's. Fi I have twin FWC 270's. Filled up my tanks Saturday before we headed out to our weekend destination about 13 miles offshore. Boat ran great at 3000 RPM's all the way there. When we returned home last night. My port engine stalled going out of the channel at 1600...
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    Twin 270s

    "I have twin FWC crusaders 198 "I have twin FWC crusaders 1983 with Rochester carbs. I usually run the engines at 2800-3200 RPMs and she cruses at 17 to 22 kts. The engines have 972p and 965 starboard, hours on them and run great. The boat is a 29 Phoenix convertable. They have exectronic...
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