Engine

Our engine, a Volvo Penta MD19 (which is very similar to a Volvo Penta MD21) hadn't been started in 10 years when we bought our boat. In this category you will be able to follow our work as we do a full service of the engine. We have done almost all of the work ourselves. List of posts in the category ( with oldest first):

  1. Problem starting the engine
  2. Cleaning the engine with EcoPar diesel
  3. Lift the engine out of the boat
  4. Teardown of Volvo Penta MD19 (outer parts)
  5. Disassembling internal parts of Volvo Penta engine
  6. Cleaning the engine parts and first layer of paint
  7. Finding spare parts for Volvo Penta MD19
  8. Assembling the engine (Part One)
  9. Diesel injection pump renovation and assembling engine parts (part two)
  10. First start after service (and circulation pump renovation)
  11. Volvo Penta Heat Exchanger Renovation
  12. Gearbox renovation and crankcase ventilation solution
  13. Before and After – Volvo Penta Renovation
  14. Cost for Volvo Penta renovation
  15. Lifting the engine back into the boat
  16. Installing our Volvo Penta engine
  17. First drive after Volvo Penta renovation
  18. Easter tour and boatwork
  19. Electrical installation for the engine
  20. Alternator charges with too high voltage
  21. Engine problems at Vejrø
  22. Stuck at Vejrø with a broken engine
  23. Motor problems and a windy sail from SVG to Dominica
 

  • Before and After – Volvo Penta Renovation

    March 16, 2019 /

    It is time to share a bunch of before and after pictures of our Volvo Penta renovation! We have been working with renovating the engine during the winter and it is so satisfying to see these pictures after many hours hard work. We lifted out the engine from the boat October 21, 2018 and since then we have been working with the renovation on evenings and weekends until now, March 16, 2019, five months later we feel that we are completely finished with the renovation. We have been keeping track on the hours spent working on the engine and have estimated it to be around 200 hours active work. It…

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  • Gearbox renovation and crankcase ventilation solution

    March 3, 2019 /

    In this blog post we will show our gearbox renovation and crankcase ventilation solution. For the crankcase ventilation solution we finally decided that we will pass the blow-by gases to the intake via the valve cover. Gearbox renovation We have a Volvo Penta RB gearbox, which we wanted to take apart to see that everything looked good, and change/repair what was necessary. We measured the wear on the gearbox. Everything was according to specification, so we will only change sealings and gaskets. One thing we noticed when taking it apart was that the old oil in the gearbox smelled like transmission oil, which is common to use for gearboxes, but…

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