New Volvo Owner (info needed)

[Bondo]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

Ayuh,... 1st off,... I don't know that motor real well,...

That said,...
You need to find an oil pressure port in the block,+ get a switch for say 4psi or so,+ run the igntion power thru it...
Hopefully on that starter there'll be 1 of the small studs that's Powered when the starter engages,...
That's where you'll run from to the fuelpump for start-up purposes,...
Let go the Key,+ it'll draw power thru the Switch you put in...

 

[starsnstripers]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

http://www.mr-gasket.com/pdf/12S_42S.pdf Thanks Don I can do that. This fuel pump is a Solid State pump is it ok for the boat?

 

[starsnstripers]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

Got it Bondo, all i need to do now is make sure this pump is ok to use or do i need another one? thankyou

 

[starsnstripers]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

click link http://www.mr-gasket.com/pdf/12S_42S.pdf Says it's for marine pleasure crafts. But also says dont mount in engine compartment and recomends a requlator?

 

[Bondo]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

all i need to do now is make sure this pump is ok to use

Ayuh,... It says for marine pleasurecraft use in the 1st paragraph of that link you posted...

It shouldn't take much to do a much nicer, cleaner installation that what's in those pictures,.....

How about a cannister fuel filter,..??

 

[starsnstripers]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

I agree, looks like a inline filter there next to pump or a anti syphon? It didn't say what pressure it is. It said not in engine compartment (where it is now) and recomends a Mr Gasket regulator. Wher could i mount it? I have a merc spin on canister water seperator filter i could maybe put in the boat too.

 

[starsnstripers]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

Pump is rated 4-7 psi, Think i need a rgulator?

 

[Dunaruna]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

The 2.5L was indeed born as a landbased motor, it was popular in the volvo 244,245 and 740 series in the eighties. VP marinised this motor and made a few changes, the block is identical to the 2.3 litre volvo car motor, hence the 'B230' stamp you have found.

The marinised version has a stroke of 86 mm and a forged crank. The car version has a stroke of 80 mm.

Easy peasy to check what version you have.

 

[starsnstripers]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

Does the car motor have a forged crank? If not is that a concern in a boat?

 

[starsnstripers]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

Anyone have any idea if i need a fuel regulator, recomended fuel pressure is 2-4 psi and pump puts out 4-7 psi? Or where i should mount that fuel pump? Says not in engine bay. Or if i can even use the car motor? Does it not have a forged crank? That gonna be trouble down the road? thanks

 

[Dunaruna]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

The marinised motor definitely had a forged crank. Some of the car motors also had a forged crank but they were twin cam turbos but the stroke was different.

In the late eighties/early nineties, some of the car cranks also were 86 mm stroke. The bottom line is, Volvo and VolvoPenta shared resources.

 

[starsnstripers]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

I read that the B230 car engine had a cast crank but it was tempered for strength. Anyone on the pump placement? Or if i need a fuel regulator?

 

[Dunaruna]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

I read that the B230 car engine had a cast crank but it was tempered for strength. Anyone on the pump placement? Or if i need a fuel regulator?

Yes, the standard B230 car crank was cast iron nodular in design (tempered), this is a common casting technique for most car cranks.

I don't know about the pump, sorry.

 

[starsnstripers]

Re: New Volvo Owner (info needed)

Thanks for the info Duna, they sound like tough little motors though.