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    Vapor lock?

    I do have a blower. Traditionally, I would run it only before starting the engine. I think I will run it while underway and leave it on after shut down. My guess it doesn’t use a lot of battery to run it after shut down. I’m also going to start monitoring the temperatures inside the engine...
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    Sloppy steering at slow or no wake speeds

    Kirk, the smart tabs work pretty good and are very economical. There only drawback is that although they are adjustable, they are not adjustable while on the water like the hydraulic ones are. I’m pretty happy with the smart tabs though.
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    Vapor lock?

    Yes, I do agree we have a vapor locking condition. As soon as my existing fuel supply gets close to empty, I will refuel with gas that is ethanol free. I’m also going to be monitoring the engine compartment temperatures as well as keeping tabs on ambient air temperature while running around on...
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    Sloppy steering at slow or no wake speeds

    My deck boat had terrible steering wandering until I installed Smart Tabs on the transom. They completely eliminated the problem. They also allowed me to get on plane much quicker and really tamed the bow rise coming out of the hole.
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    Vapor lock?

    I’m finding that if I run at cruise speed (high power setting) for, say, a hour or so, then shut down for about a hr, that my boat will start and idle for maybe a minute then die. It then takes many attempts to start the engine but does eventually start and runs perfectly fine afterwards.I’m...
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