Hey! I could really use some help.<br /><br />My family has been saving change in a 5 gal. jug to buy a boat for this and future summers.<br /><br />We finely found a good deal on the open bow type that we wanted.<br /><br />we got a 17 1/2 foot Hawaiian 1977. It sounds old but it is in Great! shape and lots of room in fact we can pass each other on the boat without moving.<br /><br />As much as we wanted an Outboard that will pop up when in trouble instead of go crunch, we had to settle for an I/O, then to make it worse, it ain't a merc cruiser.<br /><br />So today I get off work early and we take the Katy K (my daughters name) down to the lake for the shake down.<br /><br />Before ever hitting the water, I have run this motor which seems to purr and engaged the drive and all felt pretty smooth.<br /><br />Its not my first boat so I think I gotta a fair idea. My Temp stayed cool and my amp meter was up along with everything else looking and sounding well.<br /><br />We launched it at 4:15pm telling the deputy that we were just shaking her down as he explained the lake closed in 45 minute.<br /><br />Right away I was having some trouble with reverse.<br /><br />I just couldn't get no english from it and the last fisherman at the dock said my prop (stern I'm sure) was coming up when I engaged.<br /><br />Well, I brought her around and we throttled off and out of the huge no wake cove felling a little thick but steerable.<br /><br />As soon as we got past the wake zone I brought it up a bit and other than sluggish we were underway.<br /><br />After a few seconds of that I took it up a ways only to find some serious Pinging Going on. I tried backing off to ease things up but it seemed that any significant torque resulted in Pinging.<br /><br />In addition, my temp gage was higher than it should be. Not extreme but probably around 210-220, 3/4 gage. Then I backed down to engage the reverse to find out what was going on with that and died.<br /><br />I restarted twice but died at engagement and then I was dead in the water. I think that I still had plenty of amps but no turn over. It was like I was extremely overheated and lost the ability to have full rotation.<br /><br />It took a good hour to Oar our way to the wake zone and still had an hour of Oar'en to the dock but luckily there was still a boat out after hours and we got in before dark.<br /><br />I continued to attempt a turn over but got next to nothing.<br /><br />A few hours later after dinner and making room for the new boat I hit the key and Ka'Boom, it fired right up like nothing happen.<br /><br />So, I realize the batttery possibilities but something internal is really going on and I don't know how to check.<br /><br />Also, I must have forgotton when to use the fan if you could please go over that with me.<br /><br />We have a Volvo Penta 170, B30 straight six with a 280 outdrive I guess you would call it. Everything looks so damn good.<br /><br />Tonight when I got the numbers off the engine, I again fired up quicky because I didn't have the hose on her and notice some fuel from my front carb leaking on the manifold so I will do some retorqing.<br /><br />I do have a bit of smoke (all white though) and I don't get any noise with fan switch.<br /><br />Please tell me how to check and what to watch for and my family will all send you a big thank you.<br /><br />big Larry & Family.<br /><br />PS. I did just order the 68-93 or what ever manual but it won't be here for ten days...
<br /><br />Second, are you using muffs to run the engine at home? Ya know, piping water from the hose to her? If not, I think I may know why she is overheating . . .<br /><br />Third, do a search here for Volvo drives and info on them coming up in reverse. I have seen it discussed here more than once. There is a locking mechanism that ain't working in your case. Maybe try: Volvo popping up reverse, in the search function.<br /><br />I don't want to touch the won't crank thing except to ask when she wouldn't turn over did she just do nothing with the key turn? Or did you hear a wwuuuh humph? As in tried to turn but then stopped. This info may help the others I mentioned above.<br /><br />Also, would be important to know if that engine has closed cooling. I think many of the Volvos of that era were. This will help with the overheat discussion.<br /><br />Good luck!! If anybody can get you going, this forum can.
