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[Dave Levett]

Hi, my names Dave - I purchased a Falcon 22 SPC last weekend and am open to any advice or help with the boat as I have no owners manuals to use as a guide. Boat is a 1988, and has a reconditioned Volvo penta V8 (211 hp I've been told). Looks genuinelly tidy, and as the chap had already bought a canal boat as opposed to a cruiser I managed to beat him down on price!

Many thanks

Dave

 

[kcrane]

Can't help with the question, but thought I would just say welcome to the forum

 

[IAIA3259]

Welcome to the forum but forum rules require PICTURES

 

[rafiki_]

Welcome Dave. The 22 SPC is a fantastic sports cruiser, well built, great use of space etc. you tend to see them mainly on the rivers these days. I doubt you will find a manual, but please fire away with any questions on here, and you will get some great knowledge and advice.

 

[MILLIE BOO TOO]

Hi Dave,

welcome to the forum. Tha Falcon 22/23 are very well built boats & I am sure that you will have a lot of fun with her. I had a Falcon 23 which was my first boat. Where are you mooring her? Sea or river & agree with others we need some photos

Hi, my names Dave - I purchased a Falcon 22 SPC last weekend and am open to any advice or help with the boat as I have no owners manuals to use as a guide. Boat is a 1988, and has a reconditioned Volvo penta V8 (211 hp I've been told). Looks genuinelly tidy, and as the chap had already bought a canal boat as opposed to a cruiser I managed to beat him down on price!

Many thanks

Dave

 

[jamie langstone]

Hi Dave
Welcome to the forum there is so much knowledge out there that some one will normally answer your questions.

 

[maverickofpoole]

Welcome to the forum Dave, it's a great community well worth belonging to.

The amount of experience on here is mind blowing, from dinghy's to super yachts it's all here.
Ask away someone will know the answer to your questions.

There that's the nearest I have got to giving fellow forumites a pat on the back

 

[moonraker 36]

hey up..
depends what carb is fitted(guessing it's on carb and that it is a 5.7l same engine as the mercruiser ) as to what h.p rating it is.
if on a twin barrel carb it will be around 190-220h.p
if 4 barrel anything around 260h.p

 

[Murv]

Good luck, and welcome to the forum.
Is this your first boat?

 

[Dave Levett]

Thanks for the friendly welcome........ I have moored her at Hertford marina currently, near to Cambridge. Managed to gt the engine running last week, but this weekend she didn't want to know (some say there is a knack to starting these V8 lumps), any pointers would be appreciated.

 

[rafiki_]

A squirt of easy start into the air cleaner might help. Have you checked that the electrical bits are all dry?

 

[FalconSteve]

Hi Dave, welcome aboard! I've been a member for 2 years now since buying my falcon 27. I agree with the other comments, the forum is a wonderful place, full of knowledge and good (mostly) humour. I can't offer any input regarding your engine, my boat has ad31 diesels.

Please post some pictures, I love the falcon range of boats, I never tire of seeing the variations in owners modifications and decorations.

Steve

 

[PCUK]

Does your engine have a choke? Some early Volvos like the AQ130 didn't and the method was to pump the throttle to squirt petrol into the engine before starting.

 

[scottie]

Does your engine have a choke? Some early Volvos like the AQ130 didn't and the method was to pump the throttle to squirt petrol into the engine before starting.

This and the previous one is typical answer which is factually correct but gives info that is not directly applicable to your question

Getting the correct instruction book for your engine is essential as different engines do have deifferent starting sequences some of which are diametrical opposites
I would also question the use of easy start in a petrol environment as being another way to explore the Big Bang theory!

 

[Kittycarter]

Welcome,

I have a Volvo AQ205 which was a little naught recently on starting. I have to pump the throttle a couple of times when starting from cold. Unfortunately the Fuel accelerator valve/button thing was stuck down meaning No petrol was pumping into the engine unless it was running. Once sorted it fired up on the first attempt. Was a nightmare to find out this though.

 

[MILLIE BOO TOO]

Suggest that you definately DO NOT use easy start. I had a Falcon 23 with this engine, always a problem to start and run for the first 10 minutes. The one I had had an auto choke. The engineer disabled the choke. Then on start up a couple of full pumps on the throtlle, start & keep revs above 1000 rpm for 2 minutes and then all was great. The auto choke always kept it too rich. Very important to have a tip top battery as it is a large lump to crank

 

[spannerman]

I have often found that V8's are a bit sluggish from cold, usually because the fuel in the float chamber has evaporated from heat soak after the last shutdown, my 350 Magnum always needs a few cranks to fill the float bowl, then a few good full throttle pumps to squirt some neat fuel in and she fires up, the keep the revs at around 1500 until it gets warm and the choke goes off.
And because of the heat soak problem I find that hotstart can be a problem as the fuel vapour has filled the inlet manifold so there is no air, the solution is to open the throttle fully and crank to get some air in there and when she catches smartly pull it back to idle.
Both the V8's I've owned did this and they had different carbs both of which I had gone over thoroughly and checked all settings as per the manual.

 

[jmw]

Suggest that you definately DO NOT use easy start. I had a Falcon 23 with this engine, always a problem to start and run for the first 10 minutes. The one I had had an auto choke. The engineer disabled the choke. Then on start up a couple of full pumps on the throtlle, start & keep revs above 1000 rpm for 2 minutes and then all was great. The auto choke always kept it too rich. Very important to have a tip top battery as it is a large lump to crank

+1

 

[Dave Levett]

Welcome,

I have a Volvo AQ205 which was a little naught recently on starting. I have to pump the throttle a couple of times when starting from cold. Unfortunately the Fuel accelerator valve/button thing was stuck down meaning No petrol was pumping into the engine unless it was running. Once sorted it fired up on the first attempt. Was a nightmare to find out this though.

Really appreciate all of the returned posts, just wondering what or where the fuel accelerator valve/button thing is? Also my insurance company require the engine number, any help on where this can be found will be appreciated.

 

[Spi D]

And now to the link, that will allow you to get a manual (once you've identified the thing - possibly by aid of this forum after you post photos )
http://www.volvopenta.com/volvopent..._engines/Pages/out_of_production_engines.aspx


I've known V8's to be lovely and easy - or stupid and unwilling. The latter suffered from a bad carb and was easily fixed by replacement.

Before hitting it with a magic wand I'd give it a service with new spark plugs, oil, filters etc. if not done recently.