salmon slayer
Active Member
Last weekend I launched my boat at rocky point. It has an inboard 5.0 Volvo penta gas engine. When I turned the battery switch to the on position, the starter engaged and tried to start the engine with no key in the ignition. I turned the batteries off and it stopped. This has never happened before and the boat was used the weekend before.
I waited 10 minutes and then turned the batteries on again and all seemed fine. I put the key in the ignition,started the motor and off I went. I was cruising at about 25 knots and 20 minutes into the trip the started tried to engage the flywheel. I shut down immediately. The engine turned off, key was removed and the starter continued to try and engage.
I fired up the kicker and limped back to the dock and on the trip back took the wires off of the ignition switch to try and stop it from continuing. It failed and the solenoid overheated.
Yesterday I put a new starter in and when I turned on the batteries, the same thing happened.
I have no idea what to next.
I have a trip to Poett Nook scheduled and its 2 weeks away.
Any suggestions to point me in the direction to get this fixed would be greatly appreciated.
I waited 10 minutes and then turned the batteries on again and all seemed fine. I put the key in the ignition,started the motor and off I went. I was cruising at about 25 knots and 20 minutes into the trip the started tried to engage the flywheel. I shut down immediately. The engine turned off, key was removed and the starter continued to try and engage.
I fired up the kicker and limped back to the dock and on the trip back took the wires off of the ignition switch to try and stop it from continuing. It failed and the solenoid overheated.
Yesterday I put a new starter in and when I turned on the batteries, the same thing happened.
I have no idea what to next.
I have a trip to Poett Nook scheduled and its 2 weeks away.
Any suggestions to point me in the direction to get this fixed would be greatly appreciated.