exhaust flapper on lower unit exhaust outlet. Do you need it?

[zabortnick]

volvo penta AQ131D with a 275 outdrive. missing dam rubber flapper on the exhaust outlet. I know there are internal flappers that keep water out, so whats with the rubber flapper? can you make one? do you know where I can get a replacement? I have looked at the diagram and it doesnt list the rubber part seperatly but its replacable. could use some info on this please.
Thank you very much.

 

[Maclin]

I think there are no internal flappers, so that one is it, I would work on getting it fixed/replaced. keep searching, might try eBay, many times you can see the parts for sale there and get an idea on what all is involved. Have you tried the iboats.com site yet?

 

[alldodge]

volvo penta AQ131D with a 275 outdrive. missing dam rubber flapper on the exhaust outlet. I know there are internal flappers that keep water out, so whats with the rubber flapper? can you make one? do you know where I can get a replacement? I have looked at the diagram and it doesnt list the rubber part seperatly but its replacable. could use some info on this please.
Thank you very much.

Have a look here
http://www.hardin-marine.com/c-1333-replacement-flappers.aspx

 

[zabortnick]

Ok, none of those flappers listed on your link are what I need. Also from looking at the diagram I dont see a internal flapper in AQ131D.

 

[Maclin]

I just did a searech on ebay for 'volvo penta aq131d exhaust flapper" and this was the top one in the search list...:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Volvo-Penta-...9fc112&vxp=mtr

I use ebay to find what stuff looks like and if it is what I need sometimes, even if I ultimately buy somewhere else.

 

[jerryjerry05]

They make an exhaust bellows with the flappers inside the bellows.
They can be installed in place of the cone flap.
But I think they are a couple hundred $$$.

Be creative; get a small used radial tire.
Cut the new flapper out of the side wall.
Then a few stainless rivets and it's done.

 

[Scott Danforth]

hit up your local grain store or farm store for a piece of grain belting

 

[midcarolina]

Do a search on ebay for " 3 inch exhaust flapper " there is an old thread here where someone installed one in place of the oem flapper

 

[sean.deangelis]

I'm not certain I know what your cone flapper looks like but I have an SX drive and installed one of these in place of my OEM exhaust bellows:
http://www.amazon.com/Teleflex-Marine-18-4456-Exhaust-Protector/dp/B0001CLCTA
So now it looks like this:

Clamped directly onto the transom plate exhaust outlet.

 

[jerryjerry05]

He's not looking for that, but it would work on his app.
Like that idea!!

 

[zabortnick]

Hey, thanks for the Great Tips Fellas. I just replaced the exhaust bellows or I would do as sean did on his exhaust. Good to know for the future.

Thanks again Fellas, You keep the boaters on the Waters