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awahnee
New member
Username: awahnee
Post Number: 1
Registered: 05-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2011 - 11:59 am: | 
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I have a 1974 Volvo Penta MD2B fresh water cooled engine that has been sitting for some time. Recently a mechanic and surveyor said they had the engine running, however, it has not started for me. While reading a post I learned of squirting oil into the cylinders through the airfilter. While this action worked like a charm, the engine now runs at very high idle regardless of throttle position. I've tried to manually adjust it, but no luck. Any thoughts or suggestions would grealty be appreciated. |
matt_morehouse
Senior Member
Username: matt_morehouse
Post Number: 88
Registered: 12-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2011 - 10:17 pm: |
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Do you have to inject oil every time to start it? What is the ambent temp. when starting? How long was it sitting before starting? How did the mechanic/surveyor start it? Did it only run at high idle for him?
Ambent was spelled as such because the board would not allow the usual word for surrounding temp. Why? I have no idea but would welcome an explanation. |
matt_morehouse
Senior Member
Username: matt_morehouse
Post Number: 89
Registered: 12-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2011 - 10:25 pm: |
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Can anyone tell me why the common word for surrounding tempurture is not allowed?
The word starts with an a and ends with a t in between is bien. |
ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 1333
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Friday, May 06, 2011 - 07:46 am: |
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Since it sat for a long time the injector pump linkage may be stuck internally. Try working the throttle full range idle to full a bunch of times and see if that helps. This is assuming that the throttle is working ok from the lever to the engine. |
matt_morehouse
Senior Member
Username: matt_morehouse
Post Number: 90
Registered: 12-2009
| | Posted on Friday, May 06, 2011 - 09:24 am: |
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Try using a few shots of Kroil on the linkage. |
