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Old 05-30-2006, 01:41 AM
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new mercruiser 3.0 wont start
new 3.0 mercruiser installed i have the ddis installed when i turn engine over it sounds like it is going to start but does not also backfires thru the carb

i thought it was a new carb?
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Old 06-01-2006, 12:24 AM
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Did you reinstall the distributor?
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Old 06-01-2006, 12:39 AM
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yes I did it is a distributorless (diss) system
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Old 08-21-2006, 09:31 PM
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all mercruisers backfire through the carb to some degree on startup, however it is usually very small and hard to hear through the noise of the engine starting.
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Old 08-22-2006, 11:01 PM
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sounds like one wire in wrong location
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