My first post,
Hello I have a 2002 18 foot Campion (new to me) 4.3GL volvo penta.
I'm not finding allot of info, some of the info is a little scarey. I will do allot of the work myself to diagnose my problem.
I took it out on the lake (fresh water) for the first time yesterday, steep learning curve for me, i love a challenge.
The first thing i noticed is the speedo and fuel gauge do not work. I found on here the VDO cluster could be the problem, i will test the fuel tank sending unit and go from there. as for the speedo i have been told to blow out the the line from the speedo down, make sure its not gummed up. I also noticed the oil pressure gauge is a little shaky bouncing around the 40 mark is this normal?
I'm out of town for the rest of the week so i can not check the oil level or smell it for fuel or look at the oil for water (cracked block or heads)
The motor does have a little bit of a ruff idle, but it does smooth out over 1000 rpms. i can launch hard or i can ease into it with no sputtering.
My feeling is if it never really warms up the ruff idle will always be there.
Even if i sit idling for 5 minutes i can put my hand on the valve cover and its hardly warm. so i tried going full speed across the water for 5 minutes and came to a full stop i could still put my hand on the valve cover!
The impeller has been replaced, the guy i bought it from said the only problem he had was after replacing the impeller was the impeller shaft seal would leak.
Am i reading into this to much? could it be just as simple as a thermostat being stuck open?
Sorry for the long post i thought i might as well get it all out
Tom
Hello I have a 2002 18 foot Campion (new to me) 4.3GL volvo penta.
I'm not finding allot of info, some of the info is a little scarey. I will do allot of the work myself to diagnose my problem.
I took it out on the lake (fresh water) for the first time yesterday, steep learning curve for me, i love a challenge.
The first thing i noticed is the speedo and fuel gauge do not work. I found on here the VDO cluster could be the problem, i will test the fuel tank sending unit and go from there. as for the speedo i have been told to blow out the the line from the speedo down, make sure its not gummed up. I also noticed the oil pressure gauge is a little shaky bouncing around the 40 mark is this normal?
I'm out of town for the rest of the week so i can not check the oil level or smell it for fuel or look at the oil for water (cracked block or heads)
The motor does have a little bit of a ruff idle, but it does smooth out over 1000 rpms. i can launch hard or i can ease into it with no sputtering.
My feeling is if it never really warms up the ruff idle will always be there.
Even if i sit idling for 5 minutes i can put my hand on the valve cover and its hardly warm. so i tried going full speed across the water for 5 minutes and came to a full stop i could still put my hand on the valve cover!
The impeller has been replaced, the guy i bought it from said the only problem he had was after replacing the impeller was the impeller shaft seal would leak.
Am i reading into this to much? could it be just as simple as a thermostat being stuck open?
Sorry for the long post i thought i might as well get it all out
Tom