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I have a 2002 sundancer with twin 4.3 L MPI center rise, with Fresh water cooling. OM345316 Exhaust has 3" risers between the manifolds and elbows. I'm confused about which type of gaskets to use on the risers. I took the old ones off, and it had a restricted gasket at bottom, and Full flow at...

My 2002 Sundancer won't go up on plane.. One engine was only getting about 2000 RPM. The mechanic checked it out and came back with code reading that indicates fuel injectors are clogged. The diagnosis made sense because I had two seasons old gas in the tank when I fired it up in the spring...

Very helpful.. Thanks to you both !!

Last fall I put in new manifolds/risers. They didn't seem to leak when I put them in, but this spring I see some suspicious looking rust stains around the elbow/riser joints. They are Barr brand and I used the cardboardy Barr gaskets provided. I did not use any Perfect Seal or anything else as...

I have a 2002 280 Sundancer with twin engines with alpha drives and fresh water cooling. Each engine has a thru hull with a sea water pump powered by the main engine. There is also the usual impeller-driven water pump in the alpha drive lower units. Do the water pumps in the alpha drives...

I always fill it . The risk is, if you don;t you can potentially burn out your electric fuel pump. Getting at the pump to replace it can cost a fortune in some boats. So, fill the filter, and avoid a $2,000 bill.

My hose has a Banjo Fitting at the bottom of the oil adapter. It's not the same as shown in the pictures below. Anyone familiar with that set up ? I imagine there must be a big bolt that holds the fitting in place ?? It's far underneath so it's hard to get good look it.

Thanks.. you were able to do that without pulling the engine too ?? that's pretty good. Must be pretty a messy job too.

Thanks.. Here is my set up..Engine serial no is OM345316. Your bottom hose (hose 9) is a little different than mine. It looks like your nut simply screws off. Mine (hose 5) has the metal tube coming into the side of the hex nut so it doesn't simply screw off. I'm thinking maybe I need to...

I'm replacing the hoses on my remote oil filter. Anyone know how to remove hose 5? Do I unscrew part 9 ?? Can I do this without pulling the engine ?? Thanks

I have Gen II Cool fuel set up on a 280 Sundancer 2002. This spring on start up, it starting having a slow fuel leak from the cool fuel box. My mechanic took the whole box out, and tested it in his shop. He pressurized all the lines with air and looked for a leak. Guess what ?? NO LEAK...

I assume when you're testing the Air Cond have all other A/C appliances off ? The electric water heater is definitely off ??

Thanks.. Were you able to get yours off without having to remove other parts like PS hoses, etc.?

Re: 280 Sundancer 2002 I have a Gen II cool fuel box that has a small fuel leak. I tried to take the cover off the box to see f I can see where it's leaking from. It's really really tight to get into. I can't even take the cover off. The power steering hoses are in the way. Can I even remove...

Been shopping for Manifolds /risers . I have a V-6 center rise, 4.3 liter mercruiser engine. I'm amazed at the variation in price.. I've found riser/manifold kits sold online. The kits comprise enough parts to do one engine (two manifolds and two risers sold together, with bolts, gaskets)...

Thanks for the reply. Was there anything tricky about removing all the stuff that's attached to the risers ?? (ECM brackets, shift bracket, etc) ? Do you just remove the 4 bracket bolts and lean it all over to the side ?? Thanks

I believe my boat has the original risers and manifolds- it's a 2002 Searay Sundancer. I've kept it in salt water the past 3 seasons, original owner kept it in fresh water. I pulled the exhaust boots off the riser ends to take a peek and there is still a lot of Iron them, and I've had no...

I have Alpha I Gen II outdrives. They're 12 yrs old. I noticed the last two seasons I needed to top off the gear oil a little more frequently then before (like every other week I need to add 1/4 inch to the gear lube bottle). I don't get water in the lube.. I just lose it slowly. This yr I...

I plan on doing mine in the spring too. I have a 2002 Sundancer with the original parts. (elbows, risers manifolds) . Question: My elbows have a lot of apparatus attached to each side. My Seloc manual provides the steps to disconnect everything to get access. Seem straight forward enough...

All this blowing out sounds like a lot of trouble, and you can end up leaving water in the system if you're not careful. What's the big deal about simply running pink through the system ?? I've done it now for three seasons and had no problems.