SeanT
Senior Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2009
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All, having a minor issue with my boat.
When the boat gets down to about half tank of gas, it stalls and won't start again. It's happened a few times now. I've troubleshot it, and it appears that when this condition is occurring, there is no fuel exitting the pressure side line of the fuel filter. Okay, so either my fuel pump is failing or maybe I have a blockage. And right now I don't think it's a blockage, because if I fill my tank, everything runs fine like there's nothing wrong. See, my tank actually sits above the floor in the very back of my boat, and I think good old physics is on my side pushing fuel into the engine for me.
So anyway, I'm getting to the point here now - while troubleshooting this problem with my test light on my fuel pump I noticed that the pump is only getting power when I have the ignition switch at "start" (i.e turning the motor over), instead of just "on" (i.e the first click). Do you think this is normal? Is the pump only supposed to operate while I'm turning over the engine?
When the boat gets down to about half tank of gas, it stalls and won't start again. It's happened a few times now. I've troubleshot it, and it appears that when this condition is occurring, there is no fuel exitting the pressure side line of the fuel filter. Okay, so either my fuel pump is failing or maybe I have a blockage. And right now I don't think it's a blockage, because if I fill my tank, everything runs fine like there's nothing wrong. See, my tank actually sits above the floor in the very back of my boat, and I think good old physics is on my side pushing fuel into the engine for me.
So anyway, I'm getting to the point here now - while troubleshooting this problem with my test light on my fuel pump I noticed that the pump is only getting power when I have the ignition switch at "start" (i.e turning the motor over), instead of just "on" (i.e the first click). Do you think this is normal? Is the pump only supposed to operate while I'm turning over the engine?