Volvo Penta 5.0 GXi

[Take5]

Hi,

I have just got a Four Winns 248 with the Volvo Penta 5.0 GXi engine.

I have fired her up on the hard standing with the leg in a huge bin of water (forgot the muffs).

She fires first time but I am not seeing any water come out the back of the leg as I do with the Merc 5.7 & Bravo 3.

Does the Volvo system operate differently to the Merc or should the water be coming out more or less immediately.

Thanks in advance

 

[JamesTT]

I had the VP 5.7 in a previous boat, it does take a while for the water to circulate. However I would suspect that you have had the leg raised when you have run the other engines on the muffs which does allow water to appear from behind the leg as a gap is created when raised .With the leg down in a bin you will not see the water escaping from behind the leg as the circuit is closed to route through the prop exhaust.
Hope this helps.

 

[landlockedpirate]

I thought you had only just got the Rinker !

The Four Winns is great choice, we loved ours.

 

[geardownthreegreens]

Yeah, what happened to the Rinker or have you moved over to the dark side /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Take5]

Hi,

Thanks for the info, I did let her run for a while and the water started to flow. Better safe than sorry I thought I best check.

Regarding the Rinker, I did only get her just before Xmas and I am still using her. She has been great and really has us hooked on boating. I bought the Four Winns 248 as SWMBO likes the layout of it after looking at one up in the Lake District.

So I will shortly be swapping them over and putting the Rinker 266 up for sale. Iit has been an hard decision and up until the past 24 hours I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep the Rinker and sell the Four Winns, alas SWMBO gets her way and the Rinker has to go.

First boat and all that, im sure I won't ever forget her.

Thanks again for the info.

(Gilly, funny you should mention "The Dark Side". We both hope to give sailing a go at some point in the future)

 

[gjgm]

it comes out the exhaust from what I recall , but should do fairly promptly

 

[davedpc]

I think you will find only a minimal amount of water [to protect the exhust manifold and risers] will be visible at the leg until the engine reaches operating temp. when the thermistat open.

 

[Take5]

Hi,

This is how it looked to work. Very little at first, then once the needle on the temp gauge started to rise the water started to flow.

Thanks to ALL for the info.

 

[geardownthreegreens]

You know, if you do venture over to the dark side,you'll never be able to set foot on this site again /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif this is only for people who like to burn serious amounts of fossil fuels /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif i'm sure you'll see the light!!