3rdOrderEffect
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Aug 14, 2024
- Messages
- 33
- Location
- Port St. Lucie, FL
- Vessel Name
- Elysium
- Vessel Make
- 2003 Camano Troll
Hello all,
New member; I have been dreaming of getting a trawler forever and am in the purchase process for a 2003 Camano Troll. The boat is currently in escrow, and my survey was performed yesterday. There were some findings that I expected on a boat of this age, but my chief concern among them is a leaky #6 injector on the Volvo Penta TAMD41P-A engine.
Now before you warn me off the Volvo, I already understand the volvo tax and the parts issues and that whole story (my currrent boat, altho gas and much smaller, is VP powered and I know the pain of parts costs and availability). While I'd prefer something else, its pretty much this engine or hold out to try to find one with a Yanmar, which is a tough proposition on the east coast and likely to cost more anyway since the Yanmars weren't installed until later years I believe.
Here is a pic of the injector area following sea trial. It's not a big leak but its there:
I offered about median BUC +10% on this boat as it is in above average condition otherwise and that was more or less validated by the survey, but I also offered below ask. So two questions:
1. If you're me how much does this influence you renegotiating your offer? And how much, ballpark?
2. How stressed out are you about this injector in the short term? I have always done all my own boat maintenance, but I have no diesel experience and from my brief research a fix for this requires some special tooling which means I will probably be having a VP mechanic deal with it - another tough find in southeast Florida.
New member; I have been dreaming of getting a trawler forever and am in the purchase process for a 2003 Camano Troll. The boat is currently in escrow, and my survey was performed yesterday. There were some findings that I expected on a boat of this age, but my chief concern among them is a leaky #6 injector on the Volvo Penta TAMD41P-A engine.
Now before you warn me off the Volvo, I already understand the volvo tax and the parts issues and that whole story (my currrent boat, altho gas and much smaller, is VP powered and I know the pain of parts costs and availability). While I'd prefer something else, its pretty much this engine or hold out to try to find one with a Yanmar, which is a tough proposition on the east coast and likely to cost more anyway since the Yanmars weren't installed until later years I believe.
Here is a pic of the injector area following sea trial. It's not a big leak but its there:
I offered about median BUC +10% on this boat as it is in above average condition otherwise and that was more or less validated by the survey, but I also offered below ask. So two questions:
1. If you're me how much does this influence you renegotiating your offer? And how much, ballpark?
2. How stressed out are you about this injector in the short term? I have always done all my own boat maintenance, but I have no diesel experience and from my brief research a fix for this requires some special tooling which means I will probably be having a VP mechanic deal with it - another tough find in southeast Florida.