Charlie,
I hear ya' loud and clear about chasing the problem, and that's what I seemed to have been doing..... Been frustrating to say the least !
I apprecaite your commnents, TY !
I have sought professional marine help in two instances, In both cases,
the so called 'marine tech professionals' basically just tried to approach by process of elimination, by replacing parts one at a time, taking the
"Let's try this and see what happens" apporach, rather than diagnose the problem from the ground up. The prior appraoch seems to be common across the marine repair business, am I wrong?
That being said, I cannot called these particular marine techs 'Professionals'. I have spent countless $$$, with the 'so called' porfessionals, w/o haiving the issue resolved. I have to take some blame,
I guess for maikng the wrong choices for marine service repairs. 'My Bad' !
Not pessimistic by nature, but who can you trust these days, to stand behind their service to 'do the job right' ? I would place more trust and recommendations, in this Forum from boaters, who may have experienced similiar situations.
I would love to put these engine problems behind me and enjoy the rest of boating season. Continuing to diagnose, will keep Forum informed of progress.
Just my $.02
BD