hey gents ! i yesterday experienced something which i never saw before on my 5.0 mpi / bravo three : when shifting into forward the drive appears not to catch forward gear at idle rpm . when i advance the throttle a bit the drive catches at about 800-900 rpm with a kick . it stays in gear, it...
Hey gents ! I,m a new owner of a 240 sundancer and currently very dissapointed with its dynamic stability. It floats Level but is listing badly when getting on plane or decclerating again. I use trim tabs full down and trim full down on take off - the boat lists to starbord when gaining speeds ...
hey gents ! i have the factory installed bilge pump with automatic float where you have a two way switch in the cockpit : armed or manual on, no off position. do you know if the "armed" position is connected to the main battery switch or hot bussed directly to the battery so it is even with main...
hey gents !
like stated in another topic i deal with a stalling issue on idle at my 2010 merc 5.0 MPI which seems to be common for a bad IAC valve. before i buy a new one i would like to hear your opinions if the symptoms really fir for the IAC or if i have another issue :
-if starts straight...
hey gents ! i have purchased a 2010 searay 240 with the 5.0 MPI . the boat has less than 100 hours and i know its history since new ( its my ex parents boat ) it has sit for 2 years ( block drained ) . i went forward and replaced the oil, plugs ,impeller and tstat even when the boat never made...
hey gents ! i just bought my parents 2010 searay 240 sundancer with the 5.0mpi engine. the boat stand still for two years and now i want to make a full servicing to the engine. my previous boat was a volvo penta 3.0 GS /SX drive where i knew anything about and was able to do maintanace and...
hey gents !
today i went out for a quick ride and after half an hour i blew the big waterhose between the tstat and the engine mounted circulating pump.
i never had this issue in 4 years having this boat - last year i replaced the intake/exhaust manifold and this year i replaced the exhaust...
hey gents !
my 3.0 GS seems to develop a small oil leak in the vicinity of the front side . it appears the first port bolt of the cylinderhead leaks a little bit with fresh oil which accumulates in the area of the thermostat housing / circulating waterpump.
head gasket ? or is it something...
hey gents !
an odd question...
i today cleaned and painted my pulleys due to a little rust and was a little confused about the force you need to move the raw waterpump pulley. the force needed is significantly higher than the servo pump or the alternator pulley, you can move it by hand but...
hey gents ! this year my engine gets as a precautionary move a new manifold riser . but i.m confused about the restrictor plate installation . i know there was a bulletin to install it otherwise than described in the manual - does somebody has verified info or a link in which position this plate...
hey gents !
i have freshly rebuild my holley 2300 500 cfm on a volvo penta 3.0 and the boat runs basicly nor better neither worse than before BUT it has a little bit less power.
the top end is 2-3 mph lower ( and rpm,s are lower ) and the hole shot also a little bit.
the rebuild parts...
hey gents !
the boat starts great and runs great, but after the boating the engine starts to become rough and cuts out on one cylinder when i idle back into my box at the marina. this happens only after the boating- never at startup and idling out of the marina.
i issued it to carb problems...
hey !
today my full OEM carb rebuild kit arrived from volvo penta - but without ANY instructions. where can i download the manual for rebuilding ? directly from holley ? ( holley 2300 500 cfm 2 barrell )
thanks !
hey gents !
today i ran into issues with my engine, most probably carburator. for best results i will try to describe it as close as possible :
we went out for pulling a banana with my boat .
after the engine started fine and idled fine for about 20 minutes ( the people took long to position...
does somebody has the correct dimension of the three belts ( width x lenght ) ? i only see the part number from VP , but not the dimension.
thanks much for any input !
hey gents !
i have a new fuel filter/ water separator before the pump and just replaced the fuelpump filter also - so two new filters .
now i have a third one - the small filter at the end of the fuelline going inside the carb. this filter is non available so i think to just going without it-...
i happened to me one or two times last year and never again so i forgot it but today it happened again :
went out boating and the engine as usual started and ran fine without any issues. after the engine was warmed up fully i "gunned" my volvo out of trolling speed. the engine responded...
hey !
i, trying to help a buddy from our marina with his 1989 mercury 2 stroke. he bought it cheap because it fails to shift into reverse. we replaced the clutch and now it shifts fine when you do it directly on the lower unit . but when you reassamble it and shift it via the rod on the upper...
hey gents!
i want to check/adjust valve clearance on my 3.0 and have read the according manual procedure from boatinfo.
the job seems straight forward and easy, but i do not understand one thing fully and fear to make something dramatically wrong :
the manual calls to turn the adjusting nut...
just out of interest - do we have somewhere numbers what engine torque ( at what rpm ) our volvo penta or mercruiser engines develop ?
i did not found any information , only for horsepower .
cheers !
