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  1. Rick Russell

    Volvo Penta Riser Temps?

    Installed new GLM manifold and risers and the risers are running at 130 F at idle while the engine temp sensor indicates that the engine temp is maintaining 155 F. I'm getting these readings using an IR gun. These riser temps seem a bit high to me for a boat at idle. What should the temps of...
  2. Rick Russell

    Raw Water Pump/ Overheating

    Volvo Penta 5.7 Gi-E Engine has been overheating at higher speeds. I did the clear hose test and thought that I had something going on in the outdrive. I replaced the entire cooling system outside of the transom, but decided to isolate the raw water pump and put it under 10 inhg of vacuum...
  3. Rick Russell

    Water leaking through hole between upper and lower unit

    Hello all! I have the following: Volvo Penta 5.7gxi-E sxm 1.5 outdrive I'm currently diagnosing a possible air leak issue in my cooling system and removed my outdrive from the boat. When I taped the water inlets on the lower unit and poured water into the water passage opening that mates...
  4. Rick Russell

    Does the engine control module need to be replaced?

    I was chasing a drain on my battery system by disconnecting the positive cable from my battery and placing my multimeter probes on the positive battery terminal and the disconnected cable. It was showing 11.3 volts (drawing 0.3 mA) and went to 0.04 Volts when I disconnected the forward cable...
  5. Rick Russell

    Nissan 4 stroke 9.8A drive shaft assembly

    Trying to reinstall the driveshaft after replacing the gasket to my lower pump case on my Nissan 4 stroke 9.8A and did not do a very good job of remebering what the order of parts were on the shaft (note to self, take pictures next time). Here are the items I am concerned about: 1. There was a...
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