Thanks for the answers. its coming from the back of the engine the best I can tell. You can hear it from behind the boat at the outdrive, but it is way louder in the engine compartment. I plan on pulling the outdrive and cranking it to rule out those things before pulling the engine.
Hey, me and my buddy picked up a hurricane fundeck boat with a 5.0 volvo penta as a project boat. When we got the boat it needed a starter. We put the starter on and it fired up, but has a bad knocking sound. It sounds like a rod bearing knock, but it comes and goes randomly through the rpm...