- ons 07 dec 2016, 21:13
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Hi, ill write in English (I'm Danish) so I understand a bit of written swedish.
I have an old B20 boat engine (Volvo Penta AQ115A) that I was gifted. It's still attached to the boat. We're in the process of seeing if it's worth spending time on, or if it will be too expensive (we are students).
There is water on the oil stick when I pull it up.
We are not sure if the engine is stuck or not, and we would like to manually try and turn the engine crankshaft, but we are unsure if it's a bad idea to do when there is water in the oil.
Questions:
1) Should we replace the oil first, before trying to manually turn the crankshaft with a socket wrench (Nyckel?) or is it OK to try and see if the engine is stuck or not, and if it's not stuck, then we change the oil?
2) Do I need to remove the starter engine before turning the crank manually?
3) Should I remove all the spark plugs before trying to turn to crank manually?
If the engine is not stuck, we need to find out where the water came from - if its from the boat having being sunk or if its just condensation.
4) What would be the best way to check if the engine is leaking, would it be a air pressure test? and can you do an air pressure test without the engine running?
Thank you! any advice is welcome, I hope it's OK that the post is in English.
I have an old B20 boat engine (Volvo Penta AQ115A) that I was gifted. It's still attached to the boat. We're in the process of seeing if it's worth spending time on, or if it will be too expensive (we are students).
There is water on the oil stick when I pull it up.
We are not sure if the engine is stuck or not, and we would like to manually try and turn the engine crankshaft, but we are unsure if it's a bad idea to do when there is water in the oil.
Questions:
1) Should we replace the oil first, before trying to manually turn the crankshaft with a socket wrench (Nyckel?) or is it OK to try and see if the engine is stuck or not, and if it's not stuck, then we change the oil?
2) Do I need to remove the starter engine before turning the crank manually?
3) Should I remove all the spark plugs before trying to turn to crank manually?
If the engine is not stuck, we need to find out where the water came from - if its from the boat having being sunk or if its just condensation.
4) What would be the best way to check if the engine is leaking, would it be a air pressure test? and can you do an air pressure test without the engine running?
Thank you! any advice is welcome, I hope it's OK that the post is in English.