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All the rust and gunk around the starter reminded me my cover broke during our last rain storm while I was out of town . It was under water for a few days. I appreciate any and all replies. Thank you

84 Mercruiser 5.7L, 260 sterndrive, alpha one gen one. Last time out was beginning of March with no issues, ran fine. Expecting the grandkids in a few weeks so I filled up a large tote with water today, lowered the out-drive and went to start it to be sure it was still running fine. The starter...

I replaced the carburetor on my Mercruiser 5.7L 350 engine solely because the throttle linkage was getting still and it stuck a few times. It ran fine, just a bit sticky. In hindsight that was a pretty trivial thing to complain about. So I purchased this new, re-built, beautiful Rochester...

Thank you all for your input. First the gauge I just bought was in fact defective (it's starting point was 12" Hg, not 0) so too much worrying about readings that didn't matter. So I set the idle to 850, the air/fuel mixture screws are both set at about 2 turns out and the choke has got the...

The engine is a GM 1984 5.7L V-8 with a Rochester quadra-jet carburetor. The vehicle is actually a 21' cabin cruiser but I believe the information I'm looking for would be the same regardless of the vehicle type. I replaced the original salt water damaged carburetor with a rebuild. They were...