Eagle Spirit
Cadet
- Joined
- May 5, 2010
- Messages
- 7
My engine and boat:
- 2012 Volvo Penta 5.7Gi c/w fresh water cooling
- 2012 Volvo Penta Sx Drive
- 1999 Seaswirl Striper 2300
- Single side-mount control, ignition switch (off, acc, on and start positions), kill switch and most of the dashboard electronics are original to the 1999 Striper
- Engine was installed in July 2012 and as of January 15, 2015 has run for about 300 hours.
- We live on an island that is 12miles away by ocean from the nearest vp dealer
- Pulled boat from water to do three below.
- Was having some trouble with shifting into reverse ? the transmission would clunk clunk clunk
- Engine was running.
- Changed out fuel line from tank to fuel pump, siphoned fuel from tank (as there seemed to be a lot of water in the fuel filter/water separator ? I emptied three times), and replaced fuel line with new line from tank to fuel pump and a new filter....no start condition.
- Checked for spark and yes there is spark.
- Check fuel pressure at fuel pump by using a fuel pressure gauge and turning ignition switch to on position and could here pump working: low pressure side showed a psi of 15psi; at the rail (high pressure side) showed a psi of 56psi.
- Engine cranks at the same speed as before, not any faster.
- Seems that ignition switch is working a-ok because the fuel pump goes on like it always has, and I do see spark using a sparkplug style tool.
- Seems like kill switch is working a-ok given that fuel pump does prime as it always has and there is spark.
- So,
- How to troubleshoot for:
- Sensors that might cause a no start condition
- Stop switches that might cause no start condition like an interrupt switch or such
- How to isolate engine in order to start and see it run
- Other....