ThreeMileBayWaker
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Dec 17, 2009
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Is your trim pump cover leaking oil from here or another location?
Has your trim pump stopped working all together? Well it's an easy replacement, and can be done yourself saving a couple hundred by not going into the shop.... For who knows how long.....
The trim pump and/or pump cover is a know high failure rate on these out drives due to being mounted outside the bilge, on the gimble housing under water. There is no aftermarket support yet since Volvo still has full rights to their patent, and we're at their mercy of what they want to charge for new replacement parts... Very expensive! However there are a couple people selling the genuine volvo parts on eBay for a good discount.
Trim pump cover kit P/N-21573835($360 msrp)
Trim pump kit P/N-21573834($860 msrp)
Volvo has redesigned the pump cover from the older version seen below...
To the second edition seen here...
Not a huge difference but they redesigned the hydraulic line ports to rid the cover of the dumb glued in white plastic plugs.
My pump cover started to leak from the white plugs just outside of warranty, and my dealer said that Volvo wouldn't cover it. I did find a couple threads about drilling those white plugs out, tapping the hole with a 10/32 bit and using a set screw to seal it back up. I tried this and used JB quick weld which didn't bond to the pump cover plastic housing. It stopped the leak from pissing out and down to a minute leak, but I'm not going to pollute the waters. This method might work if an epoxy that bonded metal and plastic was used, but not a permanent fix nor do I guarantee it to work.
It clearly didn't work for me, but I also left access to the set screw...
I ended up calling Volvo penta consumer relations and nicely expressed my dissatisfaction with them on this widely known issue that they weren't recalling their faulty POS pump covers. Long story short, They helped me by sending me the cover kit no charge. I will give them kudos for willing to work with me and fix the bad cover, and we're very pleasant to talk with. Once again, talk to them respectfully and they may help others out too, no need to scream and hollar.
Onto the tear down...
This is how the pump cover kit comes, the pump kit includes all this and a new pump unit itself.
The instruction manual I felt is wrote poorly, but I am no lamen which is why I am writing this to help others who may be timid.
1) start with the out drive in the down position so there is no pressure (if your unit still holds any) on the hydraulic lines.
2) take note of where the ground wires are grounded as you will need to put the new ones back in the same locations.
Has your trim pump stopped working all together? Well it's an easy replacement, and can be done yourself saving a couple hundred by not going into the shop.... For who knows how long.....
The trim pump and/or pump cover is a know high failure rate on these out drives due to being mounted outside the bilge, on the gimble housing under water. There is no aftermarket support yet since Volvo still has full rights to their patent, and we're at their mercy of what they want to charge for new replacement parts... Very expensive! However there are a couple people selling the genuine volvo parts on eBay for a good discount.
Trim pump cover kit P/N-21573835($360 msrp)
Trim pump kit P/N-21573834($860 msrp)
Volvo has redesigned the pump cover from the older version seen below...
To the second edition seen here...
Not a huge difference but they redesigned the hydraulic line ports to rid the cover of the dumb glued in white plastic plugs.
My pump cover started to leak from the white plugs just outside of warranty, and my dealer said that Volvo wouldn't cover it. I did find a couple threads about drilling those white plugs out, tapping the hole with a 10/32 bit and using a set screw to seal it back up. I tried this and used JB quick weld which didn't bond to the pump cover plastic housing. It stopped the leak from pissing out and down to a minute leak, but I'm not going to pollute the waters. This method might work if an epoxy that bonded metal and plastic was used, but not a permanent fix nor do I guarantee it to work.
It clearly didn't work for me, but I also left access to the set screw...
I ended up calling Volvo penta consumer relations and nicely expressed my dissatisfaction with them on this widely known issue that they weren't recalling their faulty POS pump covers. Long story short, They helped me by sending me the cover kit no charge. I will give them kudos for willing to work with me and fix the bad cover, and we're very pleasant to talk with. Once again, talk to them respectfully and they may help others out too, no need to scream and hollar.
Onto the tear down...
This is how the pump cover kit comes, the pump kit includes all this and a new pump unit itself.
The instruction manual I felt is wrote poorly, but I am no lamen which is why I am writing this to help others who may be timid.
1) start with the out drive in the down position so there is no pressure (if your unit still holds any) on the hydraulic lines.
2) take note of where the ground wires are grounded as you will need to put the new ones back in the same locations.
