• Lifting the engine back into the boat

    It was finally time to lift our Volvo Penta engine back into the boat. The weather forecast said it was going to be a warm and sunny, but windy, weekend so we decided to do the engine lift. First up was to lift it into the car, which was the hardest part for us when lifting it out of the boat, read more about it HERE. Since we had problems last time we built a rig so that it would be easier to get it into the car. Next up was to go to our ship Aline to get the small boat. When we lifted the engine out from the…

  • Cleaning the engine with EcoPar diesel

    When we had finished repairing the plastic cracks in the cockpit we decided to continue working with our engine, a Volvo Penta MD19. Our next mission was to to empty the tanks and fill them with clean diesel, EcoPar.

  • Start Volvo Penta MD19 problems

    Shortly after buying the boat we decided to start the engine, which is a Volvo Penta MD19. It had not been started in approximately 10 years.