geoffreyc1212
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- Sep 2, 2013
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This is my first post, and I'm looking for alittle wisdom before I tear into this old beast. I bought a 1981 capri with the aq125a. The boat sat un covered for 10 years before I got ahold of it. The engine was rebuilt (have papers), ran once and the starter puked out. Long story short the boat was in the middle of a divorce battle and I got a sweet deal!
I replaced the starter, cleaned out the carb, didn't touch the beautifully clean oil that was in it, and started cranking. After a day of cranking it fired right up! Stumbled a bit at first and ran like a champ after that.
My issue... on my first run (after considerable rainfall) I hit a washed out sand bar. Hints the boats name "$udden impact". Sucked some mud into the cooling system and it overheated. I didn't let it get to the point of popping the cap. Pulled out the handy trolling motor and headed back in.
Flushed the heat exchanger and went for my second run. Outside of a bit of stumbling and backfiring between idle and 1500 it ran out great.
Third run I got 5 miles out and got into some thick vegitation. I shut it down as soon as I noticed a load on the engine. It didn't start for about an hour after that. Didn't want to run unless it was wide open and refused to start unless it sat for some time. I assume the coil got too hot under load.
Fourth run it was out for 6 hours with no issues at all awesome fuel economy, good speed everything ran out great. I started noticing it wouldn't get over 20 mph and the bow was getting pretty high. Opened the engine cover and oops! The exhaust elbow had came loose. I shut it down and started pumping water. No critical failures. The clamp on the elbow came loose and it took on enough water to sink a third of the oil pan. I checked over everything and went to start it again... (I have a push button start in the engine compartment for observational and solo operation purposes) the engine cranked freely (as if the plugs were out) and the timing belt was not turning at all. My better judgement and mechanical knowledge tells me that there is a shear key or pin on one of the shafts. This is my first volvo. Any help or any idea of what to expect would be great. I have the clymers manual but its about as useful as my anchor/engine at the moment.
I replaced the starter, cleaned out the carb, didn't touch the beautifully clean oil that was in it, and started cranking. After a day of cranking it fired right up! Stumbled a bit at first and ran like a champ after that.
My issue... on my first run (after considerable rainfall) I hit a washed out sand bar. Hints the boats name "$udden impact". Sucked some mud into the cooling system and it overheated. I didn't let it get to the point of popping the cap. Pulled out the handy trolling motor and headed back in.
Flushed the heat exchanger and went for my second run. Outside of a bit of stumbling and backfiring between idle and 1500 it ran out great.
Third run I got 5 miles out and got into some thick vegitation. I shut it down as soon as I noticed a load on the engine. It didn't start for about an hour after that. Didn't want to run unless it was wide open and refused to start unless it sat for some time. I assume the coil got too hot under load.
Fourth run it was out for 6 hours with no issues at all awesome fuel economy, good speed everything ran out great. I started noticing it wouldn't get over 20 mph and the bow was getting pretty high. Opened the engine cover and oops! The exhaust elbow had came loose. I shut it down and started pumping water. No critical failures. The clamp on the elbow came loose and it took on enough water to sink a third of the oil pan. I checked over everything and went to start it again... (I have a push button start in the engine compartment for observational and solo operation purposes) the engine cranked freely (as if the plugs were out) and the timing belt was not turning at all. My better judgement and mechanical knowledge tells me that there is a shear key or pin on one of the shafts. This is my first volvo. Any help or any idea of what to expect would be great. I have the clymers manual but its about as useful as my anchor/engine at the moment.