MerCruiser 305 CID (5.0L) Service Manual page 728

SERVICE MANUAL NUMBER 24
Quicksilver Sea Strainer
Refer to manufacturer's instructions for information on other than Quicksilver Sea
Strainer.
Removal
If boat is in water while working on seawater strainer, close seacock, if so equipped.
If boat is not equipped with a seacock, remove and plug seawater inlet hose to pre-
vent a siphoning action that may occur, allowing seawater to flow from the drain
holes or removed hoses and enter boat.
1. Follow "a" or "b" instructions:
a. Models Equipped with Seacock:
b. Models without Seacock:
2. Remove outlet hose. Drain into a suitable container.
3. Remove mounting bolts. Remove strainer.
Index
90-861327--1 OCTOBER 1999
(1.) Close seacock (seawater inlet valve).
(2.) Disconnect seawater inlet hose from seawater strainer.
(1.) Disconnect seawater inlet hose from seawater strainer inlet and plug seawater
inlet hose.
a - Seawater Inlet Hose
b - Seawater Strainer
c - Seawater Strainer Inlet
d - Plug
a
a - Seawater Inlet Hose
b - Seawater Strainer
NOTICE
CAUTION
b
c
b
SEAWATER COOLED MODELS
a
d
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