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    Ask the experts

    Sep 29, 2022 3 minutes

    Here’s just a selection of the latest questions from PBO readers. For more expert advice, visit pbo.co.uk/expert-advice/expert-answers

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    How to stop smoking (of my Volvo Penta)

    Q I read in PBO’s November 2021 issue about exhaust elbow problems. You recommended to replace the reader’s damaged iron elbow with a new one in stainless steel.

    I’m wondering whether there are any galvanic problems in combining stainless steel with an iron motor block? I’m running a Volvo Penta D1-30F.

    Gunter Bock, Norway

    There are quite a few suppliers of aftermarket stainless steel exhaust elbows out there. Stainless to cast iron should not

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