nellingson
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Engine is a Volvo 5.0GIPEFS, year 2000, S/N 4012016326. There is a whine, now isolated to the fuel pump. Before paying attention to the whine I was troubleshooting loss of power when throttling up. I changed out the plugs and filter and found some water, but not a lot, in the old filter. The engine cranks and idles for 2 or 3 minutes, then surges and dies. I added fuel conditioner and rechecked the filter and did not find any new water. That's when I payed closer attention to and identified the source of the whine as the fuel pump. (I suspect a whine is bad in a Carter fuel pump!) Are there any other options I should consider before a pump replacement? Oh, other engine and generator are running normally so I am assuming the fuel is not totally bad.