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Thanks Rick. Good info. But I meant worth it in terms of the boat given its age. :grin:

Thanks Cliff. That helps. I can lift the board off that covers my tank in a minute. I don't know how difficult it is to get to the screws from there. I'm gonna go over and take a look. But Taking the tank out and at the very least checking it out for leaks seems like a very good course of...

I just talked to the mechanic again and he is going to go back and recheck everything that was already checked in a few days - gas lines etc. i talked to him a hole in the tank and he said he has no way to check that without going through a lot. In the meantime he said to keep checking the...

Thanks for responding to my questions. My mechanic went over to the marina and checked out my boat. He said he scoped the tank, checked the lines and the filters and everything is fine. He said the gas vents out from the vents on the side of the boat and if the conditions are right, the smell...

Hello, I have a 1989 Sea Ray 200 with an I/O mercrusier engine. For the past few years I have detected a gas smell in the boat when I am floating on the lake. Friends who have been boating for years have told me this is normal. My mechanic has looked at the engine and told me there are no...

I am looking for a used trailer for my boat- 20 ft. boat. Mine got reared in a parking lot and is crushed. I need a new one for the winter. Does anyone sell used trailers or know of a good place to look in the Northeast? Thanks!

Hi there, I am very new to boating so it is difficult for me talk about all of this in the way I should. I looked back at Berth's posting #17 and what he wrote is what my mechanic told me about the check valve. I remember that he replaced the fuel line, the fuel filter and the fuel...

I had the exact same problem. It was the check valve in the gas line. Had it replaced and I have had no problems since.

Hello, Just had my boat out for a slow ride in the canals. When I got it out to the lake and put it up to full speed the engine smoked and the temp maxed out. I am sure the engine was very close to going up in flames. The whole thing lasted less than 2 minutes before I shut the engine...

Thanks for the ideas. My boat has been at the mechanic and he just called to tell me that the problem is a bad anti siphon valve. I hope this fixes the problem!

Update.... Just took the boat out again - beautiful conditions. It ran great for about an hour but I started to feel the boat struggle and then the problems started up again. RPMS up to 4 but the boat only goes around 6 MPH. Sounds stuck. I tried to push through it but the engine just...

Hello Everyone, I am a brand new boat owner. 1989 Sea Ray with a Mercruiser 3.0 I/O. 870 hours on the engine. My boat has been in the water since late May. I have been using it frequently and it has been running fine. Yesterday was about 60 degrees and rainy. I took it out. I was in...