I just bought a 2000 regal 2150 with a volvo/penta 5.7 GSI. It wasn't used for the last 2 years. Initially it started and ran fine hooked up to a hose. I changed the engine oil, oil filter, outdrive oil, fuel filter(seperator) put a small bottle of fuel treatment/injector cleaner and 7 gallons of premium fuel in the tank and took it to the lake. It fired up willingly first and every time and slowly dies in about 5-10 seconds. Now does the same thing on the hose. Any suggestions on where to start trouble shooting? spark plugs, fuel issue? it reads a bit low on the oil dipstick as well after my oil change so I was going to add accordingly but didn't think that would be a problem for a short test run... any solid recommendations are greatly appreciated!!!

I have a 1999 50.GL and due to life circumstances it doesn't get much love ( hadn't been in the water in over 3 months) . I went to start it and won't run over, clicked only. Checked batteries me voltage was good. Started cleaning connections and found high resistance at ignition switch. WD40 and cycled it a lot and not turns over good now but wouldnt fire. Occasionally will start or chug when starter is engagueged so I suspected kill switch circuit. Cleaned and checked circuit.a md by-passed with +12v to coil from fully charged battery. Occasionally will start and then will run fine on hose for long periods of time . If I shut off most of the time won't re-start. Measured coil resistances and they seem within spec. When I look at spark at cylinder with new plug spark seems weak and yellowish but honestly dunno what it typically looked like. Cap, rotor and tune up is about a year and 50 hrs ago. Boat runs good when it starts so I think I can rule out fuel, and fuel system. Seems like a weak spark but shouldn't a bypass to coil take the boat wiring out of equation? Sorry for long post.

I have a 1998 Caravelle with the Volvo Penta 4.3GL PBYC. The model number is 4110165886. This engine has been great until this year, I have already replaced the fuel pump and now I see the fuel dumping into carb. Problem started when I first stated messing with it as the carb was getting no fuel and the engine would kick every time I sprayed carb cleaner in it, just would not stay running. Noticed that no fuel was going into carb so to expatiate things I just figured to replace fuel pump. Now it pumps fuel into carb at first switch of ignition key and when I'm cranking it. She floods herself out every time as the compression gets harder to crank due to fuel in the pistons. What am I missing to get this started, before I changed fuel pump she wanted to start, now she sounds like its just cranking and dumping fuel. Please Help?

Hi, question on a 2001 sx drive. I'm getting water in my driveshaft bellow and can't find where it is coming from. All new rubber last year, so bellow looks great, zerk tube is tight. My buddy said I should have a gasket between the transom and outdrive like omc and Merc. But there wasn't one on my Volvo penta. Called marinas and they don't see one in the drawings. How does it keep water out? Help please I can't find anything on the this.....

Many thanks,
Craig

for the life of me i cannot figure out which engine i have in my 26ft sleekcraft.

the valve cover stamp says ( cu 42039 ) on one side and the other side shows a sticker saying ( 290A )

the block # says 14010207 ( cast iron numbers )

and ive seen the diagram showing where the tin tab is located but i cannot find it on my boat... im not sure if its behind the oil filter or what

if it means anything. 01-84 is stamped on the water housing

any help is greatly appreciated

Hi I am new and just bought my first boat. I have a 1990 17 ft regal valanti bowrider with a 4.3 volvo penta motor and a dp outdrive. My trim will go down but will not come up unless some one is helping it up manually. I believe I have a leak but I want to check the fluid in it to make sure. Where and how would I check that fluid. I have no owners manual. Any and all help is appreciated thank you.

I just got this boat recently and have taken it out a few times and didn't seem to have a problem with the throttle. I took it to an audio store near me to fix some speakers and do a better job of hiding wires. When I took it out last night the throttle was very stiff, the steering was a little tight as well.

I am thinking he may have tied the throttle line in with the rest of the wires and its tightened by a zip tie. Would that be enough to throw off the throttle? Any other ideas? Also is this tied in with the steering or do you think its a separate issue. Again neither seemed to be an issue until I took it in to get the speakers done.

My First Post ! I have been trolling the forums for the last week or so trying to familiarize myself with my latest money-pit ! I picked up an 87 Bayliner Capri with the VP 2.3 AQ131a & 275 Sterndrive. We have put about 6 hrs of time on the lake with this machine and it has performed quite well. I bought it from an older gentleman who has had the boat for the last 20 years. When selling the boat he had briefly explained to me about the fresh-water cooling system and how this way the motor would run cool. Made sense to me and it didnt raise any "red" flags at the time.

Now over the last week I have downloaded the Workshop Manual, VP Sales Brochure, and the VP Operators Manual. In all the pics I see of this motor, there is always a red coolant tank mounted to the front of the engine. However in this boat there is a hose connected from the Thermostat , thru a reducer to 3/4" and it routes into the opposite side of the block. And another hose from the water pump, thru a reducer to 3/4" and back into the opposite side of the block. Is this actually a "safe" way to operate the boat ?

See a couple pics below. I suspect there is actually no thermostat in the housing. When we had the boat out last time the temp guage never moved

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I was finishing up final checks to drop my boat in the water before trailering her from Colorado to Table rock lake MO. and found a huge gash in the exhaust bellows. Hopefully the picture will attach. Unfortunetly the shops are 10 days out to look at your boat and of course I leave in 10 days!

I'm trying to figure out how something like this happens? it pretty much looks torn by something but what? It was not worn as the gimbal and bellows were replaced two seasons ago, and I had planned on bringing it in after my trip from table rock to drop the lower unit for inspection and grease the gimbal. (out here the shop recommends a 2 year cycle for gimbal inspection due to our short boating season) don't yell at me Don!

So any advice, insight on how this could happen would be much appreciated, I'm stopping by the donut shop now to see if I can get this repaired in 10 days.

thanks,
mrbill

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I have a 2004 Glastron 195sx w/ Volvo penta 5.0 GL-E Sx Drive

I was Wondering is there a way to grease the Coupler Splines without pulling the outdrive?

I can grease the Gimbal through a little Grease gun port On the side of the out drive.

& also my outdrive does a Slight "pop" when trimming up is that normal?

Hi all I'm Dave and am new here. I have a 280 horse gas Volvo Penta I/O and its under Warranty. My power steering went so I brought it to a local Volvo authorized dealer who stated Volvo confirmed the warranty status although they are charging me 670 dollars stating that I have to pay for the labor that was over three hours because that's all Volvo gave them for the job. Although the Volvo to dealer agreement and my warranty States the product owner will not be charged for service???? What can I do here?
Thanks in advance

Hi all,
Warranty expired in April and now I have a leak. It took a few of tries, but i managed to get a video of the leak and it's now on youtube, hopefully I can link to it.
Pretty steady leak that starts as soon as the boat is launched, engine off. Water seems to be coming from directly above the exhaust pipe. There is no water anywhere near the transom water fitting or steering mechanism or shift cable.
I am leaning toward the u joint bellow or some seal related to that area. The shop gave me a $700 estimate just to replace the bellow, so I think I'll have to tackle this one myself.
I guess my question is, looking at the video, where is the most likely source of the leak?
I am prepared to pull the drive ( have a book ready :) ) What should I look for, besides the obvious? Any pointers?
Thanks...

Volvo Penta 3.0 with SX-A drive, just out of warranty and leaking water :( - YouTube

I guess if you copy/paste the link above , it take you to my video....

Hello, I need some help. I have a 1995 Wellcraft by Excel 21ft SL cuddy. I just put in in the slip and it started right up and runs great at high rpm. When backing off on the throttle, the engine quits at low rpm or in neutral. Any ideas what I can try, I can do some work on my own. Thanks for any advice.

2007 Regal 2000 with 5.0 GXi J/SX-A that doesn't want to hold a steady cruising speed recently. I usually cruise a river and ICW at 25-30 mph ( my best fuel efficiency speed range) and depending on speed limits, but this last weekend once set there I kept slowly dropping speed- over several minutes it would slowly begin to lose 1 mph or two, eventually getting into the low 20's and my mpg would begin to decline decline. WOT and top speed were good as usual, as was acceleration out of the hole and throttle response, so a fuel starvation wasn't on my radar. Throttle handle/cable problems?? I recently did switch from a four bladed SS prop back to the OEM aluminum 3 blades, but I wouldn't figure that to cause this problem. Thoughts?

Hi gurus of the sea.. bought myself a new boat today..

Its a 22ft 2007 Miami 670, designed by the legendary Jim Wynne..
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It got a VP 4.3GXI-B in it with the duoprop sterndrive.

cant wait to get it in the water, going to be a huge upgrade from my ol 1986 MCM140..

wondered though:

Is there anything i should be aware of with this engine/sterndrive?

I have a chartplotter with NMEA2000 capabilities, garmin gpsmap 720S, can i hook this up and get engine data(fuel flow)?

are the NGK BPR6FS correct spark plugs?

anything else you would want to share regarding this I would be happy to hear it.. :)

just waiting to get it home so i can do some TLC and get it out where it belongs..:)

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