Hi All, wondering is someone can confirm my suspicions.
First, it's been sitting about 4-5 months..mostly because i snapped two water jacket cover bolts and just got around to drilling them out last week (project boat was working on other stuff). Went out this morning, cranked right up on the hose 2-3 licks, idled perfect, warmed it up few minutes, gave it bit of gas. Eventually it sputtered and died.
Figuring bad gas from sitting I drained all that (initial fuel filter, drained the rail), put fresh gas from a can, pumped the bulb up. Still no go. pumped the bulb from the tank initially looked ok and nasty, cleared up and smelled better. I'm guessing old gas in the bulb, line (down to the anti siphon) and whatever was sitting in the engine, drained as much lines as i could and repumped from can with fresh gas.
I checked the low pressure pump, seems plenty of pressure coming off the line out of that (it built back up after draining and when i pull the hose there is definently pressure there). That line goes into the vst so i know the low pressure pressure side to there seems good.
NADA comes out the VST drain (recessed screw bottom right) nothing, maybe a drip. I hear the high pressure pump run when i kick the switch so I presume that is good....it's after the VST and pulling the fuel hose from the VST to the HP pump is empty. Also the fuel rail which is after that isn't pumping back up after draining.
So something is stuck in the vst? Can the float stick closed? I'm guessing what it ran off this morning initially is the gas left in the bowl, but couldn't get more as the float is stuck. Just wondering if my analysis seems ok....as i can't see it being anything else.
Thanks! shawn
First, it's been sitting about 4-5 months..mostly because i snapped two water jacket cover bolts and just got around to drilling them out last week (project boat was working on other stuff). Went out this morning, cranked right up on the hose 2-3 licks, idled perfect, warmed it up few minutes, gave it bit of gas. Eventually it sputtered and died.
Figuring bad gas from sitting I drained all that (initial fuel filter, drained the rail), put fresh gas from a can, pumped the bulb up. Still no go. pumped the bulb from the tank initially looked ok and nasty, cleared up and smelled better. I'm guessing old gas in the bulb, line (down to the anti siphon) and whatever was sitting in the engine, drained as much lines as i could and repumped from can with fresh gas.
I checked the low pressure pump, seems plenty of pressure coming off the line out of that (it built back up after draining and when i pull the hose there is definently pressure there). That line goes into the vst so i know the low pressure pressure side to there seems good.
NADA comes out the VST drain (recessed screw bottom right) nothing, maybe a drip. I hear the high pressure pump run when i kick the switch so I presume that is good....it's after the VST and pulling the fuel hose from the VST to the HP pump is empty. Also the fuel rail which is after that isn't pumping back up after draining.
So something is stuck in the vst? Can the float stick closed? I'm guessing what it ran off this morning initially is the gas left in the bowl, but couldn't get more as the float is stuck. Just wondering if my analysis seems ok....as i can't see it being anything else.
Thanks! shawn