Slightly Stewpid
Cadet
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- Mar 15, 2015
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2003 Chris Craft, Volvo Penta 8.1HO
Hello All, over the past year, I have read quite a bit about my VP on this forum. So I searched it for my current problem, but came up short.
After a month of not running the boat, I came back to a dead set of batteries. I charged the batteries ran the boat around for a few hours and then hooked it up to shore power while it was docked. Over the next week or two we had some rain, but I figured the shore power was connected under the mooring cover so I am assuming that it was protected from the water.
The next time I went to fire up the boat, the batteries were dead again, this is when I discovered that the fridge was left on. I charged the batteries, but when I put the key in and turned it to position 1 the fuel pump did not prime and the normal audible beep did not sound.
This weekend I tried the following:
1) jumped the lanyard kill switch to eliminate that possibility.
2) Checked all of the fuses under the dash and tested the keyed ignition to make sure the switch was working. It is.
3) made sure the boat is was in neutral.
4) the fuel pump works. I jump it from the battery and got pressure.
5) I checked all of the grounds that I could find in the engine compartment.
This is where my knowledge stops....Any help would be very much appreciated. Also, once this issue is fixed, I promise to post the fix for others to read.
Thank you.
Hello All, over the past year, I have read quite a bit about my VP on this forum. So I searched it for my current problem, but came up short.
After a month of not running the boat, I came back to a dead set of batteries. I charged the batteries ran the boat around for a few hours and then hooked it up to shore power while it was docked. Over the next week or two we had some rain, but I figured the shore power was connected under the mooring cover so I am assuming that it was protected from the water.
The next time I went to fire up the boat, the batteries were dead again, this is when I discovered that the fridge was left on. I charged the batteries, but when I put the key in and turned it to position 1 the fuel pump did not prime and the normal audible beep did not sound.
This weekend I tried the following:
1) jumped the lanyard kill switch to eliminate that possibility.
2) Checked all of the fuses under the dash and tested the keyed ignition to make sure the switch was working. It is.
3) made sure the boat is was in neutral.
4) the fuel pump works. I jump it from the battery and got pressure.
5) I checked all of the grounds that I could find in the engine compartment.
This is where my knowledge stops....Any help would be very much appreciated. Also, once this issue is fixed, I promise to post the fix for others to read.
Thank you.
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