Volvo Penta Cooling--real boat question!
 

I have a 1992 boat with twin VP 431 DPs. The boat has about 500 hours on
it. It has a San Juan Eng. FWC
half system and the cabin heater is run on starbord engine. It started
running a bit hot on that side. Back-flushed the raw water intake, good.
Replaced raw water impeller--was not real bad, no missing pieces anyway,
pump looks good. Still same problem, heats under load, cools back down at
low RRM. Changed thermostat, no change. Engine pump seems fine, heater
works, no weeping. Am thinking a restriction in the "out" side of raw
water--manifolds maybe.

Anybody have a suggestion on anything else to check?

Thanks, Dan

Don't know what twin VP 431 DPs are. We will assume the engines are
connected to outdrives.

I had a similar problem once. No one could diagnosis it. Overheated
over 1200 rpm. Cooled down at 1100, hot at 1200.

It turned out that the raw water hose connection to the outdrive came
disconnected, just a little, it looked like it was a solid connection.

The result was that it sucked air instead of water when the boat started
to plane. Off the plane, it returned to sucking water.



D wrote:
I have a 1992 boat with twin VP 431 DPs. The boat has about 500 hours on
it. It has a San Juan Eng. FWC
half system and the cabin heater is run on starbord engine. It started
running a bit hot on that side. Back-flushed the raw water intake, good.
Replaced raw water impeller--was not real bad, no missing pieces anyway,
pump looks good. Still same problem, heats under load, cools back down at
low RRM. Changed thermostat, no change. Engine pump seems fine, heater
works, no weeping. Am thinking a restriction in the "out" side of raw
water--manifolds maybe.

Anybody have a suggestion on anything else to check?

Thanks, Dan

"D" wrote in message
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I have a 1992 boat with twin VP 431 DPs. The boat has about 500 hours on
it. It has a San Juan Eng. FWC
half system and the cabin heater is run on starbord engine. It started
running a bit hot on that side. Back-flushed the raw water intake, good.
Replaced raw water impeller--was not real bad, no missing pieces anyway,
pump looks good. Still same problem, heats under load, cools back down at
low RRM. Changed thermostat, no change. Engine pump seems fine, heater
works, no weeping. Am thinking a restriction in the "out" side of raw
water--manifolds maybe.

Anybody have a suggestion on anything else to check?

Thanks, Dan


Pull the end cap on the heat exchanger and see if any garbage blocking
tubes.

Thanks for the reply. I did check the raw-water intake side, and it did
have new hoses in the out drive this past winter.
The 431 is powered by 4.3 V-6.. Dan

"Jim" wrote in message
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Don't know what twin VP 431 DPs are. We will assume the engines are
connected to outdrives.

I had a similar problem once. No one could diagnosis it. Overheated over
1200 rpm. Cooled down at 1100, hot at 1200.

It turned out that the raw water hose connection to the outdrive came
disconnected, just a little, it looked like it was a solid connection.

The result was that it sucked air instead of water when the boat started
to plane. Off the plane, it returned to sucking water.



D wrote:
I have a 1992 boat with twin VP 431 DPs. The boat has about 500 hours on
it. It has a San Juan Eng. FWC
half system and the cabin heater is run on starbord engine. It started
running a bit hot on that side. Back-flushed the raw water intake, good.
Replaced raw water impeller--was not real bad, no missing pieces anyway,
pump looks good. Still same problem, heats under load, cools back down
at low RRM. Changed thermostat, no change. Engine pump seems fine,
heater works, no weeping. Am thinking a restriction in the "out" side of
raw water--manifolds maybe.

Anybody have a suggestion on anything else to check?

Thanks, Dan

"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"D" wrote in message
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I have a 1992 boat with twin VP 431 DPs. The boat has about 500 hours on
it. It has a San Juan Eng. FWC
half system and the cabin heater is run on starbord engine. It started
running a bit hot on that side. Back-flushed the raw water intake, good.
Replaced raw water impeller--was not real bad, no missing pieces anyway,
pump looks good. Still same problem, heats under load, cools back down
at low RRM. Changed thermostat, no change. Engine pump seems fine,
heater works, no weeping. Am thinking a restriction in the "out" side of
raw water--manifolds maybe.

Anybody have a suggestion on anything else to check?

Thanks, Dan


Pull the end cap on the heat exchanger and see if any garbage blocking
tubes.

That would be something to check. Had not done so as I only put the FWC on
three years ago and do have good water circulation through the cabin heater.
Guess I better check that too! Thanks, Dan

"Daniel" wrote in message
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"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"D" wrote in message
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I have a 1992 boat with twin VP 431 DPs. The boat has about 500 hours on
it. It has a San Juan Eng. FWC
half system and the cabin heater is run on starbord engine. It started
running a bit hot on that side. Back-flushed the raw water intake,
good. Replaced raw water impeller--was not real bad, no missing pieces
anyway, pump looks good. Still same problem, heats under load, cools
back down at low RRM. Changed thermostat, no change. Engine pump seems
fine, heater works, no weeping. Am thinking a restriction in the "out"
side of raw water--manifolds maybe.

Anybody have a suggestion on anything else to check?

Thanks, Dan


Pull the end cap on the heat exchanger and see if any garbage blocking
tubes.

That would be something to check. Had not done so as I only put the FWC
on three years ago and do have good water circulation through the cabin
heater. Guess I better check that too! Thanks, Dan


The crap gets stuck in the raw water side. my river jet boat even with a
sand trap, will get small pebbles in there at times.