"I recently had a problem with
"I recently had a problem with my 2006 5.0 GL Volvo Engine. I had an auto/marine mechanic come out to the boat and he diagnosed a starter problem. He put in an auto starter telling me there was no difference in marine vs. auto starters. Not knowing the difference I said OK. He then said there were more problems and the engine was still making a funny noise. I decided to pull boat out of the water and I took it to a volvo certified mechanic. He took the engine cover off cleaned everything out and the engine worked fine. He did say that, although it probably wouldn't be a problem, I really should have a marine starter because they are manufactured in a way to eliminate the chance for explosion via sparking where auto starters are not.
He was not trying to sell me but to be safe I had him replace the auto starter the marine version. When I told my other mechanic about the marine starter vs. auto starter differences he wanted to argue that there is no difference and that I was being lied.
Any one have any insight?"
"I recently had a problem with my 2006 5.0 GL Volvo Engine. I had an auto/marine mechanic come out to the boat and he diagnosed a starter problem. He put in an auto starter telling me there was no difference in marine vs. auto starters. Not knowing the difference I said OK. He then said there were more problems and the engine was still making a funny noise. I decided to pull boat out of the water and I took it to a volvo certified mechanic. He took the engine cover off cleaned everything out and the engine worked fine. He did say that, although it probably wouldn't be a problem, I really should have a marine starter because they are manufactured in a way to eliminate the chance for explosion via sparking where auto starters are not.
He was not trying to sell me but to be safe I had him replace the auto starter the marine version. When I told my other mechanic about the marine starter vs. auto starter differences he wanted to argue that there is no difference and that I was being lied.
Any one have any insight?"