Hello,
We have a sailing catamaran with two Volvo Penta MD2030 engines and saildrives. Today we replaced the impeller on both engines (don’t think this caused our problem). Then we went to test the engines were running correctly - when we started the engine it fired up as per usual. Then the start up alarm sounded whilst the battery light flashed. The alarm and flashing doesn’t stop with increased engine revs in neutral as usual. We ran the engine for at least 1 minute with increased revs, however the constant alarm sound did not stop. This issue is very weird as both our house batteries and starter battery are less than 2 months old and fully charged. Also, the same issue occured with both engines, so I don’t think it’s an alternator problem. The raw water is flowing out of the engine as usual. On a normal start up the starter alarm usually stops within about 10 seconds with increased revs in neutral. I would really appreciate any pointers as to what our issue could be. Thanks!
We have a sailing catamaran with two Volvo Penta MD2030 engines and saildrives. Today we replaced the impeller on both engines (don’t think this caused our problem). Then we went to test the engines were running correctly - when we started the engine it fired up as per usual. Then the start up alarm sounded whilst the battery light flashed. The alarm and flashing doesn’t stop with increased engine revs in neutral as usual. We ran the engine for at least 1 minute with increased revs, however the constant alarm sound did not stop. This issue is very weird as both our house batteries and starter battery are less than 2 months old and fully charged. Also, the same issue occured with both engines, so I don’t think it’s an alternator problem. The raw water is flowing out of the engine as usual. On a normal start up the starter alarm usually stops within about 10 seconds with increased revs in neutral. I would really appreciate any pointers as to what our issue could be. Thanks!
