"I have a 1993 23ft Excel with
"I have a 1993 23ft Excel with cuddy cabin. It has a Volvo Penta 572A 5.7L engine. I just bought the boat and before running it on the lake with my family I wanted to make sure that the cooling system was good to go and wouldn't over heat, I'm not sure when the last time the impeller was changed, however the previous owner said that it was winterized last winter and just needed to be dewinterized and it's ready for water. I took it to a nearby boat ramp and just backed it in so that the drive was under water. It started just fine and I checked to make sure the water was circulating (it was) so I reved it to about 1000 rpm and let it run for a minute. Still running great. The when I put the throttle back in neutral the engine shot off. My question is that I had the boat on the boat ramp at a fairly steep angle with 1/2 tank of gas, I was wondering if there is a safety shutoff that shuts the engine down at steep angles or if it was possible that the incline shifted the gas in the tank and it just ran out in the fuel line? Any info would be great, thanks in advance, Jeremy"
"I have a 1993 23ft Excel with cuddy cabin. It has a Volvo Penta 572A 5.7L engine. I just bought the boat and before running it on the lake with my family I wanted to make sure that the cooling system was good to go and wouldn't over heat, I'm not sure when the last time the impeller was changed, however the previous owner said that it was winterized last winter and just needed to be dewinterized and it's ready for water. I took it to a nearby boat ramp and just backed it in so that the drive was under water. It started just fine and I checked to make sure the water was circulating (it was) so I reved it to about 1000 rpm and let it run for a minute. Still running great. The when I put the throttle back in neutral the engine shot off. My question is that I had the boat on the boat ramp at a fairly steep angle with 1/2 tank of gas, I was wondering if there is a safety shutoff that shuts the engine down at steep angles or if it was possible that the incline shifted the gas in the tank and it just ran out in the fuel line? Any info would be great, thanks in advance, Jeremy"