What are people doing when they come across a rusty engine pulley that is likely sanding down the serpentine belt. The PS pulley and circulation pump pulley seem to be the real rust ones on my engine.
While not necessary easy to find you may find a place that will rebuild your pump. You may find the Volvo Penta OEM very expensive.
I found a place that rebuilds the raw water pumps. And sells the parts to rebuild them. So maybe other places that do PS pumps.
When I checked for the spec'ed hole size for self taping Zerk fittings it's smaller the the hole size for the pressed-in ones.
I will tap in replacement Zerk fittings. And get a grease gun coupler with a lever to release.
I am really saying why didn't the manufacturer spend the extra money...
I have LoadRite trailer that's only a few years old and when I went to lube the hubs and surge brake actuator a could of pressed-in grease fittings pulled out
Trailer is well built and not cheap, why couldn't they have used threaded Zerk grease fittings.
The hubs are Knott.
The surge brake...
Odd things happen. I have a 2011 boat, transom assembly and outdrive but the long block was replaced under warranty with the then current model in 2012. I think most of the FWC was moved from old engine to new engine.
It took a bit of work but I did get mine registered with Volvo Penta.
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The VP pump has a slightly different size inlet than outlet. These seem to look the same diameter. Could not find in the specs where diameters were listed.
This is the raw water pump. It's a 2011 boat with the engine replaced under warranty in 2012 and I believe some parts from original engine were bolted onto new engine.
Engine is FWC.
I see some dripping from the raw water pump after shutting down the engine. I was hoping it was the O-ring for the outer housing but the sealing area of the outer housing looked fine as did the O-ring.
So now I think it's the shaft seal. Hopefully the leaking seal has not allowed damage to...
I would get AGMs manufactured by East Penn. NAPA and West Marine may be manufactured by East Penn
The plain AGMs will typically work fine as a direct replacement for a flooded battery. It's the spiral wound (Optima) or Odyssey batteries that may need different charging.
