Don't say I didn't warn you, lol....
I just purchased a 21 foot Bowrider (1995 Wellcraft) that had a new powerplant put in around 1999 or 2000 along with a new outdrive. The engine is a 4.3 Litre Volvo which appears, like the rest of the boat, to be in good shape. That said I'm about as mechanically inclined as a small rock.
So I have two question, the second one being the most p;erplexing and hoping someone can provide me an answer to one or both of them.
1. I've always had outboards which just seem so much more obvious to figure out than the stern drive idea.
So, I took the boat out tonight after getting advice from a local boat service place I've always used. I had started it (and had it running a couple of times for a couple of seconds) just after I bought it so I know it turns over but tonight (despite putting some gas in since I think it was low on gas when I got it) It would try to start but just wouldn't turn over even though I choked it. I don't think I flooded it as I couldn't smell gas when I removed the cowling. And I know someone will say this so just to make it clear yes I ran the blower for a few minutes before attempting to start it...
I tried over and over for half an hour until I ran the battery down in the end. Any thoughts? Is there something I might be doing wrong or could try?
2. Now this may sound weird, at least it seemed weird to me. Below the main engine housing is a small tube (copper I think), no more than a quarter inch thick or so that extends out from the engine about six inches. At the end of it is a ribbed kind of knob that can screw on and off with a hole in the end. The tube was pouring water out into the back of the hull beneath the engine (which seems like a very odd place for water to drain). I tried tightening the screw/knob thinking that maybe when tight it restricts the water but that did nothing. I unscrewed it and it did nothing. Either way it continued to drain. It wasn't shooting out hard just a normal steady flow.
The small tube is obviously supposed to be there but is it supposed to be attached to something? Is it maybe that something is supposed to be in the end of it to stop it from releasing water? Am I an idiot? (don't answer the last question)
Ayway, rather than hauling it all the way to the service place I thought I'd ask first in case there was some obvious answer.
Anyway, any help you culd provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I just purchased a 21 foot Bowrider (1995 Wellcraft) that had a new powerplant put in around 1999 or 2000 along with a new outdrive. The engine is a 4.3 Litre Volvo which appears, like the rest of the boat, to be in good shape. That said I'm about as mechanically inclined as a small rock.
So I have two question, the second one being the most p;erplexing and hoping someone can provide me an answer to one or both of them.
1. I've always had outboards which just seem so much more obvious to figure out than the stern drive idea.
So, I took the boat out tonight after getting advice from a local boat service place I've always used. I had started it (and had it running a couple of times for a couple of seconds) just after I bought it so I know it turns over but tonight (despite putting some gas in since I think it was low on gas when I got it) It would try to start but just wouldn't turn over even though I choked it. I don't think I flooded it as I couldn't smell gas when I removed the cowling. And I know someone will say this so just to make it clear yes I ran the blower for a few minutes before attempting to start it...
I tried over and over for half an hour until I ran the battery down in the end. Any thoughts? Is there something I might be doing wrong or could try?
2. Now this may sound weird, at least it seemed weird to me. Below the main engine housing is a small tube (copper I think), no more than a quarter inch thick or so that extends out from the engine about six inches. At the end of it is a ribbed kind of knob that can screw on and off with a hole in the end. The tube was pouring water out into the back of the hull beneath the engine (which seems like a very odd place for water to drain). I tried tightening the screw/knob thinking that maybe when tight it restricts the water but that did nothing. I unscrewed it and it did nothing. Either way it continued to drain. It wasn't shooting out hard just a normal steady flow.
The small tube is obviously supposed to be there but is it supposed to be attached to something? Is it maybe that something is supposed to be in the end of it to stop it from releasing water? Am I an idiot? (don't answer the last question)
Ayway, rather than hauling it all the way to the service place I thought I'd ask first in case there was some obvious answer.
Anyway, any help you culd provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
