On 7/13/16 11:39 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:42:17 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 7/13/16 3:26 PM, True North wrote:
On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 2:02:40 PM UTC-3, Tim wrote:
Btw, that straight 6 Chevy is a work horse of an engine and its economical too. You'll be toooobing the grandkids all day on a half tank of gas...


Is The John a boater again? Just in time...we were drafting legislation to ban disruptive non boaters from the group. ;-)

Had a great time yesterday . Put 3.25 hrs on my break-in schedule touring the North West Arm, harbour, Eastern Passage area and the Bedford Basin.
Only 8.75 hrs to go and I'll have my full 20 in.



A boat with a straight Chevy 6? Really? How interesting.

That was the engine of choice for Mercruiser for years. There are a
****load of 18-22 foot I/Os with the 6 cylinder Chevy truck engine in
them.


Yeah, I know. It was interesting to me because I wasn't aware I/O
manufacturers were still using that engine in current production and, of
course, they aren't. I wasn't aware Herring bought a used boat.

One of my dad's trucks from the early 1960's was a Chevy with a straight
six, and it ran reliably for a long time.

Keyser Söze
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Yeah, I know. It was interesting to me because I wasn't aware I/O
manufacturers were still using that engine in current production and, of
course, they aren't. I wasn't aware Herring bought a used boat.

"One of my dad's trucks from the early 1960's was a Chevy with a straight
six, and it ran reliably for a long time."


Surprising that the old in line four MerCruiser 3.0 is still available in 2016 boats. Guess there is a warehouse full of them somewhere. I was a bit concerned about the old technology but it runs fine except for being a bit rough idling when cold.
Almost wish it had a manual choke. We sure are spoiled by EFI.

On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 05:41:21 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Keyser Söze
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Yeah, I know. It was interesting to me because I wasn't aware I/O
manufacturers were still using that engine in current production and, of
course, they aren't. I wasn't aware Herring bought a used boat.

"One of my dad's trucks from the early 1960's was a Chevy with a straight
six, and it ran reliably for a long time."


Surprising that the old in line four MerCruiser 3.0 is still available in 2016 boats. Guess there is a warehouse full of them somewhere. I was a bit concerned about the old technology but it runs fine except for being a bit rough idling when cold.
Almost wish it had a manual choke. We sure are spoiled by EFI.

I think there's a conspiracy to do away with manual chokes. I never had a problem starting lawn
mowers with a manual choke. The new ones, without the manual choke, are supposed to start on the
first pull. I've seen several that won't start on the tenth pull! The absence of the manual choke
has been a boon to lawn mower repairmen.

7:41 AMTrue North
Keyser Söze
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Yeah, I know. It was interesting to me because I wasn't aware I/O
manufacturers were still using that engine in current production and, of
course, they aren't. I wasn't aware Herring bought a used boat.

"One of my dad's trucks from the early 1960's was a Chevy with a straight
six, and it ran reliably for a long time."


Surprising that the old in line four MerCruiser 3.0 is still available in 2016 boats. Guess there is a warehouse full of them somewhere. I was a bit concerned about the old technology but it runs fine except for being a bit rough idling when cold.
Almost wish it had a manual choke. We sure are spoiled by EFI.
......

Don I think your 3.0 is EFI. Or throttle body. Not sure. I think carbs are all a thing of the past now.

Is yours raw water cooled or have a separate cooling system?

True North Wrote in message:
Keyser Söze
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Yeah, I know. It was interesting to me because I wasn't aware I/O
manufacturers were still using that engine in current production and, of
course, they aren't. I wasn't aware Herring bought a used boat.

"One of my dad's trucks from the early 1960's was a Chevy with a straight
six, and it ran reliably for a long time."


Surprising that the old in line four MerCruiser 3.0 is still available in 2016 boats. Guess there is a warehouse full of them somewhere. I was a bit concerned about the old technology but it runs fine except for being a bit rough idling when cold.
Almost wish it had a manual choke. We sure are spoiled by EFI.


Mercruiser used to make one even more anemic than the 3.0Do they
still make the 2.5L?
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:22:30 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

True North Wrote in message:
Keyser Söze
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Yeah, I know. It was interesting to me because I wasn't aware I/O
manufacturers were still using that engine in current production and, of
course, they aren't. I wasn't aware Herring bought a used boat.

"One of my dad's trucks from the early 1960's was a Chevy with a straight
six, and it ran reliably for a long time."


Surprising that the old in line four MerCruiser 3.0 is still available in 2016 boats. Guess there is a warehouse full of them somewhere. I was a bit concerned about the old technology but it runs fine except for being a bit rough idling when cold.
Almost wish it had a manual choke. We sure are spoiled by EFI.


Mercruiser used to make one even more anemic than the 3.0Do they
still make the 2.5L?

Here's the newest gasser I could find:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercruiser-1...25.m3641.l6368

New 2.5L Diesels are still being sold: http://www.crowleymarine.com/parts/850324.cfm

But, that's out of the price range I might consider for my boat.

I don't think the 2.5 is in production anymore. The 3.0 is the basis of the mercruiser line.

I like the 3.0 for small craft. My 18ft has one. It does great at 32-3500 rpm and I can tube my nephews at the lake all day on 10 gal of gas...

On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 07:40:23 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

I don't think the 2.5 is in production anymore. The 3.0 is the basis of the mercruiser line.

I like the 3.0 for small craft. My 18ft has one. It does great at 32-3500 rpm and I can tube my nephews at the lake all day on 10 gal of gas...

I've not pulled the kids in my boat yet, but it'll be interesting to see how that inline six does
the job.

On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 07:42:01 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 7/13/16 11:39 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:42:17 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 7/13/16 3:26 PM, True North wrote:
On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 2:02:40 PM UTC-3, Tim wrote:
Btw, that straight 6 Chevy is a work horse of an engine and its economical too. You'll be toooobing the grandkids all day on a half tank of gas...


Is The John a boater again? Just in time...we were drafting legislation to ban disruptive non boaters from the group. ;-)

Had a great time yesterday . Put 3.25 hrs on my break-in schedule touring the North West Arm, harbour, Eastern Passage area and the Bedford Basin.
Only 8.75 hrs to go and I'll have my full 20 in.



A boat with a straight Chevy 6? Really? How interesting.

That was the engine of choice for Mercruiser for years. There are a
****load of 18-22 foot I/Os with the 6 cylinder Chevy truck engine in
them.


Yeah, I know. It was interesting to me because I wasn't aware I/O
manufacturers were still using that engine in current production and, of
course, they aren't. I wasn't aware Herring bought a used boat.

One of my dad's trucks from the early 1960's was a Chevy with a straight
six, and it ran reliably for a long time.

We found out the hard way this was the truck motor when I salvaged an
engine from a Nova for my buddy's Aquasport and it did not bolt up. We
was able to swap it for the right one tho.

On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 07:40:23 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I don't think the 2.5 is in production anymore. The 3.0 is the basis of the mercruiser line.

I like the 3.0 for small craft. My 18ft has one. It does great at 32-3500 rpm and I can tube my nephews at the lake all day on 10 gal of gas.

It takes me about 2 weeks to burn 10 gallons of gas going out 3
evenings a week. I am not pulling a tube, I am pushing 2 ;-)