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joel kelly
New member
Username: joel_aqad41
Post Number: 1
Registered: 09-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 03:51 am: | 
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i have recently bought a 35 foot aluminium powered by 2 aqad41's. for current and previous owners of this engine how do you rate them??
fuel economy, reliability, parts ect...?
any feed back welcome, im interested in other peoples opinions of this model |
Morten Ringvold
Senior Member
Username: haffiman37
Post Number: 4174
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 04:06 am: |
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Reliable engines.
The weakest point in my experience is the fuel injection pump. Be sure you use the biggest Volvo/Racor filters and watch out for water and contamination.
Next on the list is the air and crank case ventilation. Depending on how the air inlet is routed, they are vulnerable. Always keep a spare set on board. If pressed too low on the max obtainable rpm (below 3600), you may run into overheat problems. |
Sailor
Member
Username: skiss
Post Number: 23
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 08:57 am: |
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Your description sounds like you have my boat!
Just wondering why you are asking After purchasing the package. I just went thru a rebuild because I wanted no small problems and glad I did because a number of little things were caught and fixed. Depends on hours and salt verse fresh water situation. I like the B I have over the later P because of the reliability and availability of used parts. |
joel kelly
New member
Username: joel_aqad41
Post Number: 2
Registered: 09-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 09:03 am: |
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sailor - yep, fair question, the engines werent the determining factor in the purchase, the boat itself and price were. however these are now what i have so im interested to find out about them and familiarise my self.
morton - thanks morton i will pay attention to those areas and also keep an eye out for other things. |
