superninja2
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- May 10, 2012
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Hello. I have a 1998 Volvo Penta 4.3 GL (6 cylinder). When the boat was not starting I thought it might have been because of water condensation over the winter. I changed the oil, oil filter, fuel filter, and spark plugs. After all of this it was still not starting so I checked that I was getting spark and I was. I there was zero gas going to the plugs. Then I pulled out the fuel hose and put one end into a bucket, tried starting again but I did not see any gas. Ok. Fuel pump is out. I was going to change out the fuel pump and noticed that it was right above the fuel filter and not in the actual tank(working without an owners manual). Looks like there is a couple of relays(one is a Potter Brumfield relay) around the fuel filter. Could the relay be out? Is there also an alternator relay that sends current to the fuel pump relay in order for the fuel pump to get activated? At this point I may just bring it in to the shop, but if it is easy to switch out the relay I may just do that? Kind of strange this when I brought the boat in last season everything was working fine? Thanks