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    Stainless Steel Exhausts

    About a year ago I received much advice and positive help here on the conversion of my 2006 V8 GXI-F to closed circuit cooling, (as apposed to raw water cooling) Much discussion was about whether to include the exhaust manifold/risers in the cooling circuit. On this subject someone suggested...
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    How many pulses do I have???

    I have had to replace the tacho on my V8 5Lt GXi-F and chose a VDO as someone said they were the best. However the tacho is programmable (Is'nt everything)!! and requires to be fed with the number of pulses per revolution of the crank. This comes from the ECM I have had the Volvo experts on this...
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    Does fitting an isolator switch cause EMC to loose it's memory

    A few weeks ago whilst the pontoon was being completed, the boat was unused for a couple of weeks and the internal lights were left on, result: a very flat battery which I was fortunate in recovering by a slow recharge. On this boat a 'Monterey', all the electrics seem to be left on when the...
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    Oil Cooler before or after Oil Filter

    I am about to retrofit an oil cooler to my 2006 V8 GXI-F Is there any preference to which side of the oil filter the cooler should be installed?
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    Retro fitting Closed Loop cooling to 5.0 GXi-F V8

    The image is a picture of a Volvo 5Lt V8 fitted with SS integrated exhaust/risers. The two blue pipes in the image are the pipes that I am talking about. in this image they go to the two inlets to the SS manifolds. On my current engine they go to the CI exhaust manifolds. When I fit the HE I...
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    Retro fitting Closed Loop cooling to 5.0 GXi-F V8

    Hi Folks I am a newby here having just bought a 2006 Monterey 194 sports fitted with a 5.0 GXi-F V8 motor with 400hrs on the clock. This boat has been meticulously looked after has run in mainly fresh river water and has lived on a trailer. However I need to leave it in salt water at my...
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