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I have discovered that I have a pinhole leak in the metal pipe that supplies oil to the remote mount oil filter. Its a pinhole leak, but a fair amount of oil leaks from it rather quickly, so it must be replace before the engine can be run. Regrettably, I found this out after completing a...

Back at the boat for an infrequent visit, I filled the water tank and confirmed that the water pump worked when I opened the taps, and that is would fill the toilet. But it seems not to want to stop. I checked all the taps and outlet, and they appear closed. I noticed that, while the pump...

Just completed both engines spark plug replacements using Denso Iridium IT16 plugs. Im in the social security category and it took me about two hours for each engine. Three plugs on each engine are quite quick, and the other three took me a lot longer. The easy plugs are the two...

I've been having problems with starboard engine not acheiving full rpms, not being able to get above about 3500 or so, and to get there the port engine has to be at 4200 or so, the boat having achieved full plane. This problem surfaced during my last trip to the boat, although that engine...

Using my boat for the first time in months, the drive trim on both drives seemed to be (was) stuck at about 3/4 "full up" on the gauges. I couldn't get the hydraulics to lower it with the control switches on the throttle. Took the boat out the marina entrance channel, and was churning up...

I'm using my boat for the first time in months, and am having a continuing problem with the starboard lcd smart craft display, which I rely on for my depth reading. The LCD now intermittently displays disjointed gibberish, mixing display selections illegibly, and sometimes simply being...

Well, in one of my few visits to my boat, I had time to spend to diagnose the consistent LOC shutdown on my Kohler 5ECD, which occurs at about the 8 second mark. I've replaced the impeller and determined that it works by checking the flow at the end of the impeller output hose, which is very...

I have an infrequently used 2007 280Sundancer that had the freshwater pump stop working on this trip. It is a shurflo serial number 2095-223-254 with specs of 2.8 GPM and 45 psi. After reading through the other threads, I got it to "kick on" by smacking it. Then when you turned off the...

I am having questions about wiring the Garmin chartplotter to the power on the 2006 280DA. I got the plotter physically mounted using a RAM mount, and jury rigged the power supply to work off the 12 volt cigarette lighter accessorie plug at the helm. After that, I am stumped by my boat’s...

Well, I had the marina do an oil change for me for the first time (for them and for the new boat). When we got here today, I went over to check it out since when I was last here six months ago one of the batteries was weak/dead and replacing it was on my list of "to dos" on this trip. When...

I just scuttled an afternoon outing after cleaning up the boat and planning to go out for the first time in about three months. I could't get the port engine to start....just clicking. Starboard started nicely. After returning home to do some reading, I realized that I could have started both...

I expect to have long periods of time when the boat is not used. We are in rack storage, with only marginal freezing risks in the Jacksonville area. When I put the boat up for 3-7 months, I'll do all the flushing and cleaning, and fuel stabilizing, but I wonder if it makes sense to just...

I read a recent thread about someone whose niece turned off the battery switches when leaving his boat and caused a slow leak to nearly fill the bilge with water overnight. .....so,.....if my boat is in the water, should I always leave the battery switches to an "on" position. Seems like I...

New boater here. Do I need to do anything "special" to get the faucets to work? Will the freshwater pump presurize the system if the engines are not running? Currently I'm getting a very anemic head fill up, and no water flow out of the faucets, other than a trickle when first opened...

THis is a bit premature, but I'd like to find if anyone knows this. I need someone with a late model 280 Sundancer and twin 4.3 alpha drives. As a boating newcomer, I now have a 2007 Sundancer 280, and had a dealer orientation a week ago. The boat is in FL, and I'm not, which is why I can't...