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    97 4.3l issues

    I understand your concern about the saftey features. I haven't tried to take it back out since it overheated. It's been on the trailer in my family shed. It won't see the water until it's right, the absolute last thing I wanted to do is hurt my family or the engine. Here's my problem with...
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    97 4.3l issues

    Sorry fat finggered my phone and then ran out of time to edit the post. Long story short I found water in the 1, 3, and 5 cylinders, burnt out the exhaust bellows, rubber exhaust flaps, melted the hydraulic trim lines and melted wires. I ended up also replacing the fresh water impeller, water...
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    97 4.3l issues

    I have a 97 rinker 212 with a 4.3l lx gen + with a alpha 1 gen 2 outdrive it has the thunderbolt v ignition system. This is my first boat and first time having any real issues with it. Now I'm paying for it big time. I apologize for the long read in advance, its been quite the lesson in boats...
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