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akorcovelos wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2019 8:11 am Any chance this hydrolock is caused by fuel?

Basketballtitan wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2019 3:06 pm A little more of an update. Volvo Penta emailed me on Monday and they wanted to know how much water was in the boat, how much gas was in the boat, how much gear was in the boat,how much ballast if any was in the boat, and how many people were on the boat. I sent all that back to them Monday and have heard nothing since then. Still waiting

BobRae99 wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:25 am

Basketballtitan wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2019 3:06 pm A little more of an update. Volvo Penta emailed me on Monday and they wanted to know how much water was in the boat, how much gas was in the boat, how much gear was in the boat,how much ballast if any was in the boat, and how many people were on the boat. I sent all that back to them Monday and have heard nothing since then. Still waiting

They are trying to determine where the exhaust manifolds are relative to the water line. If, with additional equipment they are too low, it is possible that water can get into the exhaust system and to the motor unless a one way valve or some sort of anti siphon is set up.

I'm relatively new to boating, but it seems to me that a boater should never experience this problem while operating in the "normal" sea conditions the boat/engine package was designed for. I don't make it a practice to motor at 45 mph and cut the throttle to idle getting slapped in the stern by a following wave. But, I assume if this was to be avoided, the users manual would have a section on it.

Basketballtitan wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 6:37 pm New update. Volvo penta now wants to fill the boat, first was told with full of gear, full of people and tank full of fuel. Then was told they would do with weights in the boat to look at the waterline of the boat in the water This is ok but not sure how this is going to repair the hydrolocked motor. Getting frustrating, especially after talking with Volvo penta and the representative at the company saying they now are looking at not replacing the motor. Where last week I was told they were looking at replacing due to the bracket holding the starter being cracked which was told was part of the block.

Basketballtitan wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 6:37 pm New update. Volvo penta now wants to fill the boat, first was told with full of gear, full of people and tank full of fuel. Then was told they would do with weights in the boat to look at the waterline of the boat in the water This is ok but not sure how this is going to repair the hydrolocked motor. Getting frustrating, especially after talking with Volvo penta and the representative at the company saying they now are looking at not replacing the motor. Where last week I was told they were looking at replacing due to the bracket holding the starter being cracked which was told was part of the block.

Basketballtitan wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2019 10:41 pm Well I heard today from the dealer and Volvo was just going to change out the block but then decided to change the whole motor. Has to be built and then will be shipped to dealer for install. Looks like this is going to end in a good resolution. Cobalt and the dealer did follow up several times in the past few days with updates which was nice as well to feel like I was i the loop. This started bad to say the least but thankfully it looks like it will end well. Hope to have the boat back maybe by Christmas

Lockey14s wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2019 7:34 am

Basketballtitan wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2019 10:41 pm Well I heard today from the dealer and Volvo was just going to change out the block but then decided to change the whole motor. Has to be built and then will be shipped to dealer for install. Looks like this is going to end in a good resolution. Cobalt and the dealer did follow up several times in the past few days with updates which was nice as well to feel like I was i the loop. This started bad to say the least but thankfully it looks like it will end well. Hope to have the boat back maybe by Christmas

Now THATS the way things should be handled. did they do the water line test? what were the results? If they are putting a new motor in what will be the difference and prevent it from happening again... Also how many other boats have this same issue... these are the things running through my head.