I suspect this is a 'stupid question' but I've been surprised in the past. I recently took ownership of a boat with a VolvoPenta MD7 that runs mostly OK.
While I was looking around the engine the other day, I noticed that the raw water hose from the Volvo S120 saildrive goes directly into the water pump">raw water pump on the engine. There is no raw water strainer in between.
Is this common? My gut reaction was to add one.
Thanks,