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Engines for leisure crafts - Penta – Volvo

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 22 Jan 2009In the weekly report of 23 Jan 2009 (week 2, 2009)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Engines for leisure crafts - Penta
Brand
Volvo (124 alerts)
Type / model
3.0GLP-J, 4.3GL-J and 4.3GL-JF
Description
Gasoline stern drive engines with carburettor for leisure crafts
Risk
The product poses a risk of fire because it may contain carburettors which have float bowl retaining screws that were not properly torqued during carburettor assembly. Therefore, fuel may leak from these screws when engine is operated. Leaking fuel is a fire and explosion hazard if an ignition source is present.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Sweden
Country of origin
United States
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 0073/09
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0073/09
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2009-2 (XML)
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