brentcausey
Cadet
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- Apr 11, 2007
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I just purchased a 1998 18 foot Sun Bird runabout ski boat with a 4.3L volvo engine. According to the manual and the guy I purchased the boat from, I push the button on the shift and pump it several times and then pop it back into neutral and start the engine. The engine will run for 8-10 seconds and die off. It will do this several times. According to the "flood" instructions in the manual, If I push the shift all the way forward with the button pressed and start the engine and pop it into neutral as soon as it starts before it rev's too much, it will sit and idle fine. The guy I bought the boat from thinks it might be bad gas, but I don't think that's the case. Once it gets running, it runs fine. I can run up and down the lake and idle, it's just the whole starting process. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!