Search results

  1. C

    Volvo penta engine tag missing numbers

    Sooooo uh, how does one go about finding which 1999 4.3GL engine they have if the tag on the valve cover has no digits on it. Its like its been erased, but I'm assuming time has done its thing and they've been mistakenly wiped. Because there's nothing on them or they are extremely faded...
  2. C

    need help identifying this steering actuator

    So I need help identifying this steering actuator. The numbers on the engine are gone, the numbers on the outboard are also gone. BUT, on the transome in the engine bay I have found that SX-C1. Obviously this steering actuator is junk cause somehow it busted. I bought this boat a few years...
  3. C

    1999 volvo penta 4.3 intake gasket questions

    so, I bought my boat and I couldn't get the engine to get below 1000 rpm and it was erratic for sure. I rebuilt the carb, no solution....so then I figured i had an air leak somewhere. Come to find out whomever replace the gaskets didn't use the correct ones for the engine. So, I bought these...
  4. C

    Outdrive gimbal bearing grease zerk threads stripped....FIX?

    I bought a 1998 Caravelle bowrider last summer. I went to grease the gimbal bearing this spring and the zerk came out with the grease gun...ugh. I see McMaster Carr has self threading zerks....what would everyone recommend as a fix?
  5. C

    1998 Volvo-Penta high idle then stalls when put in gear

    Hello - New to the forum. Bought a 1998 Caravelle a little over a month ago. It always starts fine, dang near as soon as I hit the key she'll fire up. But when she fires she idles up around 1500rpm and when warm she'll idle around 1100rpm. Then as soon as I put it into gear she'll stall out...
Top