I have 2000 Glastron with a 4.3 Volvo Penta engine. It is acarbureted engine so I believe that makes it a GL model. The engine serialnumber is 4012007655.
Hard starting – This issue has been building for a while.
In the past at a cold start, I would pump the throttle acouple of times and it would fire up when I turned the key and keep running.More recently (2018 season), I would have to pump the throttle 3-5 times on acold start to get it to fire when I turn the key and then it would fire andoccasionally quit as if it had no gas. This issue is worse after the boat hasbeen sitting for a week or two. After sitting for a week or two, it is as if Ihave to pump up the fuel from a long ways away. Once it gets there all is good.
Most recently (Memorial Day weekend 2019) on both warmand cold starts, I had to do extensive pumping of the throttle to get it tofire and then it would quit as if it had no gas. Repeat this a couple of timesand it would eventually catch and continue running.
Despite the problem above, the engine, once started, runsgreat. It has consistent performance, power and throttles down withoutquitting. Also if it is restarted just after shut off it fires up again easily.
2 weeks ago, I had the boat in for service to addressthis issue. They diagnosed and replaced distributor cap rotor, plus and wires for$700. Perhaps the engine needed this but did not cure the issue described above.
I would be interested in other ideas before I bring thisto someone else. Ignition was not the issue.
Hard starting – This issue has been building for a while.
In the past at a cold start, I would pump the throttle acouple of times and it would fire up when I turned the key and keep running.More recently (2018 season), I would have to pump the throttle 3-5 times on acold start to get it to fire when I turn the key and then it would fire andoccasionally quit as if it had no gas. This issue is worse after the boat hasbeen sitting for a week or two. After sitting for a week or two, it is as if Ihave to pump up the fuel from a long ways away. Once it gets there all is good.
Most recently (Memorial Day weekend 2019) on both warmand cold starts, I had to do extensive pumping of the throttle to get it tofire and then it would quit as if it had no gas. Repeat this a couple of timesand it would eventually catch and continue running.
Despite the problem above, the engine, once started, runsgreat. It has consistent performance, power and throttles down withoutquitting. Also if it is restarted just after shut off it fires up again easily.
2 weeks ago, I had the boat in for service to addressthis issue. They diagnosed and replaced distributor cap rotor, plus and wires for$700. Perhaps the engine needed this but did not cure the issue described above.
I would be interested in other ideas before I bring thisto someone else. Ignition was not the issue.