www.iFourWinns.com

Well as it turns out, my boat was under warranty and will be for another two years, the service advisor did some looking around and found that the boat has a warranty from FPC and told me that she had filed a claim and it was paid, the pump with install was 912.00, when I picked it up today it was 18 bucks for the deductable, I was stoked to say the least, I will be sending her some flowers, Phil Dill rocks.

Mike

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Mike
2007 Horizon 200 SS
5.0 GXi SX drive.

Thats great news!

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Current Boat:
2004 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer "Nauti Luvin'"

Previous Boats:
1999 298 Vista "Seas The Day"
2008 H200SS "Nauti Luv"
2006 Tahoe Q4

Mine was replaced last summer. Of course it started failing the weekend before we were going out of town with it and PhilDill to the rescue. The graciously fit me in and fixed it before we left town the next weekend. Mine was also squirting oil out each time I operated it. I stopped moving it before the oil level got to low. Glad to hear it worked out for you!

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2008 H210SS VP 5.7 Gi/SX
2011 Ford F150 FX4 EB

Man so am I, went out Saturday and Sunday, swimming and hanging with Airforce brats and Shitbreak from American Pie it was a good time had by all, most I had time to spend with my daughter who I love dearly.

Later,

Mike

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Mike
2007 Horizon 200 SS
5.0 GXi SX drive.

The pump is the worse idea VP has had in a while, they will all leak eventually at the white plug or the newest issue is that they just start running by themselves. My dealership has had to replace many of them in the last 3 years. I will be the first to say they are junk, but basically its the only known Volvo Penta issue I have to deal with on a regular basis.

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Brian Borchik
The Winds of Cold Springs Harbor Marina
Baldwinsville, NY

This may sound crazy, but I was cleaning the boat up last week just after I read and commented on this post, and realized my trim pump was leaking again?!? . Called the dealer and got it changed right away, just in time to head out on our wonderful 4 day vacation on Lake Ouchita. We had planned it almost a year in advance and the trim pump almost ruined it 2 years in a row now, but our dealer came through again with almost no warning. What is going on with these things? So this will be 3 trim pumps on a 3 year old boat. The service writer seemed to think they've (Volvo) got it figured out, but only time will tell. Oh, the service writer also mentioned that he had several other boats in for the same repair and that he was very frustrated with all the trim pump replacements they've been doing.

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2008 H210SS VP 5.7 Gi/SX
2011 Ford F150 FX4 EB

I guess the good news is, if these things are failing constantly, Volvo will have no choice but to find a real solution for it. I don't understand how these kinds of problems ever get off the drawing board.

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

I must admit when I first heard of the progress with the "SXA" in having a trim pump on the transom shield, underwater, I was a little bit dubious. Seems the problem I was envisaging, of it being underwater is not the real issue; it's basically a c**p design concept. I know plastics have been mentioned, I am a polymer chemist by training and work in the plastics industry, but it seems like a very poor design, or very persuasive selling by an adhesive manuactureer ( Yeah sure, we have a product that can bond in that little plastic plug, no problems)!

What they need is an internal trim pump assembly and a distribution manifold on the transom assembly ( hey, wasn't that what they had on the SX?)

Graham

Seems like they tried to reinvent the wheel solving a problem that didn't exist....trim pumps have sat in the rear corners of I/O engine compartments for close to 50 years and the only issue is once every 10-20 years you might have to replace the pump or lines....
At the rate these are failing I bet they revise this design real fast because it's getting expensive for them and after the OSI fiasco they don't need any more bad press...

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II

They changed the design because of boat manufacturers, not because they thought it was the best idea. The manufacturers want them out of the boat so they can use the space or eliminate it, Merc was thinking of heading the same way but now who knows...

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Brian Borchik
The Winds of Cold Springs Harbor Marina
Baldwinsville, NY

I actualluy put cyanocrylite glue over the white plastic plug and it worked when it was leaking, then it just popped out what a piece of doo doo.

Mike

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Mike
2007 Horizon 200 SS
5.0 GXi SX drive.

I don't expect it's anything at all to do with the boat manufacturers wanting to save space. More to do with the manufacturer saving labour costs, as presumably VP supply the transom shield with all the hydraulics in place, possibly even prefilled with hydraulic fluid.

The concept is sound in that respect, but the execution appears poor.

Graham

OK... I have the VP SX-A outdrive on my '08 H210. I only have about 20 hrs on the motor so far. Does anyone know what the standard manufacturer's warranty is? Should I have this checked out at the end of the summer? Other than the drive slipping down over time while out of the water, are there any other things I should be on the lookout for? Finally, do the replacement pumps that are being installed now have the issue corrected? Thanks!

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2008 H210 - Volvo Penta 5.0 Gxi - 130 hrs on the clock
2011 Chevy Tahoe LX - 5.3L V8 w/tow package

Think Chevy Vega, Ford Pinto,Yugo etc...........

Might also be time for a thread title change on this topic.

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Good point.

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic