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415 Singapore
Vice Admiral Joined: 23 September 2013 Location: Singapore Status: Offline Points: 826 |
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Posted: 20 August 2014 at 12:32 |
Hi we are trying to get our engine serviced for the first time and I was told by the Volvo Penta agent here that the sail drive transmission should be drained. Not really wanting to get the boat taken out of the water just for this, I checked the manual and it says oil can be pumped out leaving approx 0.5 litres in it (out of a total of 2.9). The manual isn't clear about this being ok for the first service, so I was wondering what anyone else has done.
Looking forward to lots of helpful advice as always found here All the best Paul |
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hanafe
Captain Joined: 17 August 2011 Status: Offline Points: 195 |
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Hi Paul,
we always do the service of the saildrive when she is out of the water for antifouling. During that time we also change the zink anode at the propeller. As you may know the water in HKG is so dirty, that the boat needs to be antifouled once a year, although the diver is going down to clean the hull every 4 - 6 weeks. Cheers HanaFe |
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ariette
Commander Joined: 12 August 2013 Location: med Status: Offline Points: 143 |
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This wasn't on the list to be done on our first service by our Volvo Penta dealer, so it might be worth checking to see if this is really needed.
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Pride of Waterford
Captain Joined: 31 December 2013 Location: chichester Status: Offline Points: 243 |
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Question is really, how many hours have you done and how many months has the boat been in the water.
I suspect that despite the hours the warranty requires you to change the saildrive oil. (On a car how often do we change the gearbox oil? maybe that will give an idea of the value of doing it so soon.) However, the main reason we change the saildrive oil is to check for water ingress which would wreck the gearbox real quick. ( With ingress the oil coming out looks grey and milky.) The saildrive anode will dissolve based on time in the water and proximity of boats with electrical leakage etc. So if its over 12 months you really must lift the boat to check the anode. It may be fine but if its less than 50% it must be replaced or else you will have a really big bill for sail drive corrosion. I hope this helps.
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