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My friends Mercury 5.7EFI only indicated 20psi oil pressure on the pressure gauge at 3500rpm with at the engine at fully warmed up. Is this normal? Thank you.
Do Volvo Penta have an Audible Alarm? My engine is a 1999 Volvo Penta 5.0Gi mated to a SX-M. This boat is new to me and every thing is running fine, just that I don't hear any Audible alarm at startup like I did no my Seadoo boat. Thanks for you advise.
OK, thanks for the clarifications, yesterday I plugged all the water passages and filled the block with water, happy to report no water leakage, water level remains constant overnight. This indicates the block does not have a crack. I checked the cylinder heads for warpage using a steel ruler...
I live in Virginia, boat was not running when I bought it due to an electrical fault which is fixed now (corroded ignition wire). The GM 305 motor does not show any external crack, dipstick oil was clean. Now that I have opened intake manifold I cannot see any crack in the "V" area either. Could...
I bought a Volvo Penta powered boat in the winter, its a 5.0Gi coupled to an SX-M outdrive, year 1999. All systems checked out fine, started boat using ear muffs to warm the engine and change the oil before going out to the lake last weekend. I was surprised that oil was totally "milkshake"...
