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Bryan Yackel
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"I've got a couple of thin
"I've got a couple of things going on here I could use some help with:
1.) I have 2 batteries, and my starting battery is one of those yellow OPTIMA high dollar batteries (just put it in this spring). When the boat has sat for a few weeks, and I try to cold start it off of this battery alone I get a horrible grinding noise. If I turn my battery selector switch to "BOTH", so I am also drawing off my deep cycle house battery the grinding noise goes away, and she'll start. I always turn my battery switch to "OFF" when I park it, so I am thinking I may have a small short somewhere that is draining my starting battery, and when I go to cold start using the starting battery exclusively it is not producing enough juice to fully engage the solenoid. Does this sound like a reasonable explanation? Once I run for a bit, and charge my starting battery I can isolate it, and it alone will do the job.
2.) Cold starting is proving to be very problematic. This last trip I actually had to run out of the harbor on my kicker, and start it out in the open water where I could engage the throttle as soon as she turned over. Sitting at the dock, and attempting to start her in Neutral she would fire, but then immediately die. Once I gave her some fuel (throttle) out in the open water she stumbled a little for a few seconds, but then began to run smoothly. I warmed her up at low idle, and when I opened her up a little she ran just fine. Did a whole day of boating and all subsequent "warm starts" were normal (started well). From my online research today it sounds like this could most likely be a bad (low pressure) fuel pump, or a stuck anti-syphon valve (not sure where that is). Can anyone provide me with any other possible sources of trouble? Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
One other question:
Does anoyone know exactly how the "Cold Start Button" located at the throttle lever is to be worked when attempting to cold start? My last motor was a Honda 90 with a bar for the fast idle (Choke), so I am still learning the ropes with the Volvo.
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help out."
"I've got a couple of things going on here I could use some help with:
1.) I have 2 batteries, and my starting battery is one of those yellow OPTIMA high dollar batteries (just put it in this spring). When the boat has sat for a few weeks, and I try to cold start it off of this battery alone I get a horrible grinding noise. If I turn my battery selector switch to "BOTH", so I am also drawing off my deep cycle house battery the grinding noise goes away, and she'll start. I always turn my battery switch to "OFF" when I park it, so I am thinking I may have a small short somewhere that is draining my starting battery, and when I go to cold start using the starting battery exclusively it is not producing enough juice to fully engage the solenoid. Does this sound like a reasonable explanation? Once I run for a bit, and charge my starting battery I can isolate it, and it alone will do the job.
2.) Cold starting is proving to be very problematic. This last trip I actually had to run out of the harbor on my kicker, and start it out in the open water where I could engage the throttle as soon as she turned over. Sitting at the dock, and attempting to start her in Neutral she would fire, but then immediately die. Once I gave her some fuel (throttle) out in the open water she stumbled a little for a few seconds, but then began to run smoothly. I warmed her up at low idle, and when I opened her up a little she ran just fine. Did a whole day of boating and all subsequent "warm starts" were normal (started well). From my online research today it sounds like this could most likely be a bad (low pressure) fuel pump, or a stuck anti-syphon valve (not sure where that is). Can anyone provide me with any other possible sources of trouble? Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
One other question:
Does anoyone know exactly how the "Cold Start Button" located at the throttle lever is to be worked when attempting to cold start? My last motor was a Honda 90 with a bar for the fast idle (Choke), so I am still learning the ropes with the Volvo.
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help out."
