Volvo Penta SP-E / DP-E

• Drive knocks or vibrates
• Engine not cooling – weak or no cooling water
• Milky drive oil or oil leak

The drive has its own plate, separate from the engine's: on the upper gear housing or the transom shield. Saildrive: plate on the gear housing; read the model, product number and serial number.

• Volvo Penta SternDrive Models – publication 7738236-4 (12-2006) (fybmarine.shop)

  fybmarine.shop · PDF · 2006

  The manufacturer's identification plate at Volvo Penta dealer FYB Marine.

• Volvo Penta Sterndrive Identification Chart (reproduced by an authorized dealer, 69 drives AQ–DPI) ↗ (external link)

  www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au · HTML

  Table of features, serial number ranges, oil capacity and gear ratios for each drive. Drawings are by Volvo Penta.

• Volvo Penta: Find your engine and drive serial numbers ↗ (external link)

  www.volvopenta.com · HTML

  Where the ID plate is located; the drive has its own plate, separate from the engine's.

• Volvo Penta propeller guide (drive types and propeller series) ↗ (external link)

  www.volvopenta.com · PDF

  The propeller type (A/B/C/J, D/F/I, E, G/H) tells you which drive family it is.

• Volvo Penta workshop manual saildrive 130S/150S (7742984) ↗ (external link)

  www.bavariayacht.org · PDF

  Describes the saildrive's identification plate and version.

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  Workshop manual DP-E/SP-E ↗ (external link)
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  Parts catalog (exploded views) DP-E/SP-E (legacy.marinepartsexpress.com)
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  Marine Parts Express – exploded views, Volvo Penta diesel (legacy.marinepartsexpress.com)

  Spare parts diagrams by engine model, free to browse.

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  Marine-diesel-engine-manuals.com: Volvo Penta ↗ (external link)

  Workshop and instruction manuals for AQ, GL/GXi and drives. Some pages can be previewed for free; the full manual must be purchased.

• SP-A / DP-A till DP-D1 38 shared part numbers
• Aquamatic 290 / 290A / 290DP 30 shared part numbers
• Aquamatic 280 / 280DP 18 shared part numbers
• DP-G 17 shared part numbers
• DPX 11 shared part numbers
• Aquamatic 275 10 shared part numbers
• Aquamatic 285 10 shared part numbers
• Aquamatic 270 / 270T / 270PT 9 shared part numbers
• Aquamatic 200 8 shared part numbers
• Aquamatic 250 8 shared part numbers
• DPH / DPR 5 shared part numbers
• DPS (DP-S, DPS-A, DPS-B) 4 shared part numbers
• SX / SX-A 2 shared part numbers

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Search used:

• The Volvo Penta marine engine site: Aquamatic sterndrives ↗ (external link)
• Carolina Classic Boat Owners: Volvo Penta sterndrive model history ↗ (external link)
• Marine Parts Express: Volvo Penta outdrive specifications (oil, capacity, gear ratio) (www.marinepartsexpress.com)
• Volvo Penta – marine engines ↗ (external link)
• Volvo Penta – instruction manual (history: marine engines since 1907) ↗ (external link)
• Wikipedia: Volvo Penta (en) ↗ (external link)
• Wikipedia: Volvo Penta (sv) ↗ (external link)
• FYB Marine: Volvo Penta 280, 290, DP-E exhaust bellow kit 876631 (fybmarine.shop)
• Marine Parts Express: The One List SP-E (legacy.marinepartsexpress.com)
• Marine Parts Express: The One List DP-E (legacy.marinepartsexpress.com)
• Marine Parts Express: Volvo Penta outdrives (complete drives and lower units) (www.marinepartsexpress.com)
• FYB Marine: aluminium transom anode 3588770 (290SP/DP, DP-A–DP-E, DPH, DPI, DPR) (fybmarine.shop)
• BoatZincs: anode kit 290DP type (DP-C1, DP-D1, DP-S, DP-E, DP-G) ↗ (external link)
• BoatZincs: Volvo Penta 290 aluminium anode kit ↗ (external link)
• Marine Parts Express: Volvo Penta oils (drive oils by drive) (legacy.marinepartsexpress.com)
• Sawley's (Volvo Penta dealer): Sterndrive Identification Chart ↗ (external link)