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engine noise on radio

maybe it needs a dedicated hot & ground directly from battery, or at least not grounded to anything but battery.just a guess. most people just hook all the hots togather & all the grounds togather under the console & call it good. I'm rewiring a boat I just bought.man what a nightmare!! I ran a 8 gauge positive & a 10 gauge ground from the battery to a terminal strip under the console. am running all positive wires to one side & all ground wires to the other. that way I have dedicated lines straight from battery for each. I bet your ground is tied in to other grounds which are tied in to the motor ground. hence motor noise.
 
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If it is an "economical" radio, probably not much you can do but replace it. Ignition noise is "AM-like" in its nature and a FM radio should be pretty immune to it.
 
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