1987 Teka

[Gerald206]

I have a 1987 Related with a 4 cylinder Volvo Pentagon motor. I just bought it and put a new battery in it but when I turn the key the lights come on but the starter will not engage. I made sure I was in neutral and changed some fuses. What can make the starter not engage?

 

[mrcrabs]

Re: 1987 Teka

maybe a bad solenoid

 

[Gerald206]

Re: 1987 Teka

I have juice to the starter. I was thinking either the starter is locked up or something like a neutral safety relay is bad. But I have no idea where to look for that relay or if it even has one.

 

[jim j geezer]

Re: 1987 Teka

If your starter is locked, indicator lights will dim noticeably when you try to start feeding battery current into a dead short.
Check starter brushes.
Also, look for loose or corroded connections. A corroded connection might pass enough current to illuminate an indicator lamp, but not enough to spin the starter. <--The same holds true for frayed wires. Say you have a wire with 20 strands and 15 of 'em are broken due to flexing or somesuch. Those 5 remaining strands are gonna get hotter'n a pistol and resist current flow when a high demand - like a starter, is placed on it.

 

[Gerald206]

Re: 1987 Teka

I figured out the starting problem. Very touchy neutral. My new problem is I had the boat out today but the motor is overheating. It seems like there is no water coming in what could this be?

 

[steelespike]

Re: 1987 Teka

Did you proof read your post? What is a "Related" I know probably spell check or something.
I'll assume you have an I/O I'm no I/O expert but as I understand it an I/O has an impeller in the out drive and a pump on the motor. Then there is a Thermostat to regulate temperature.
Perhaps the belt on the pump at the motor is loose or broken.
You may want to move this to the Volvo section.