TAS
514 posts
hi guys went for a bit of a sail on friday night conditions were less than ideal with a 27kn westerly on the nose and 2.5/3.5 metre sea in bass strait after about 4 hours we came back in and found the volvo 28hp was not pumping any water we had been heeled over a fair bit for quite awhile.
the engine warning buzzer came on so i turned the motor on and off and revved it up a bit after 10 minutes it started pumping again. when the boat is started on the mooring it pumps great very quickly the impelor was new new about 2 months ago any ideas
QLD
12365 posts
If the seacock was open while heeled the water may have drained from the cooling system completely. You may need to keep the cock closed when engine not in use.
TAS
514 posts
yea thought of that cisco will try that next time for sure i usually sail with the motor sea cock on and did so in the old boat and had no trouble but will try it off
NSW
51 posts
On our 28 HP Volvo we have an in-line filter that we clean at annual maintnance.
