Old No7
Contributing Member
Following the same spring ritual as in prior years, my BF130 ran fine on muffs in the yard after replacing the plugs (new every season), and the fuel/water separator filter, engine fuel filter, VST vent filter (all these replaced every season). Then it ran fine for only 5 minutes at the dock when launching yesterday, but then she faltered and stopped – sounding just like it was running out of fuel.
It would not restart – although she coughed a couple of times and almost caught. The marina owner tried it with a smaller tank of gas (using my Honda fitting) but she would not start on his tank either. He suspected the motor ran off what remained in the VST Tank and that the float was stuck and the brain thought the VST was full even though it was empty.
See my other post which I created just before this one; so as to rule out any issues (or future problems) from a collapsed fuel line, I replaced the lines from the tank to the motor. Even though it didn’t start up when using the marina guy’s tank, when I saw how the liner had collapsed inside the gray fuel line, I figured it would be a wise idea to replace the lines and make those a non-issue for now and future years.
Today, I removed the VST and at first, I could not hear the float move when it was tipped up or down, or rolled over & over. I sprayed some Gumout into it and let it soak several times, and covered all fuel ports and shook it around. After that, I could hear the float move when the VST was shook.
But she won’t start – even though I did confirm spark on plugs 1 &4, as described in the manual. It sounds like there is no fuel getting into the VST, through the high-pressure fuel pump and out to the rails. But I did confirm that the line up to the low—pressure fuel pump has fuel in it, and squeezing the bulb will show fuel at that point.
On top of all this:
* The ACG Light is on, indicating a faulty charging system, but the battery was freshly charged before trying to restart (while working on the VST).
* I remembered a tip from Hondadude (I think it was) and shorted the red plug to check for MIL codes and I got 2 of them:
…..... 3 blinks = MAP Sensor
…..... 6 blinks = ECM Sensor
I don’t understand how what started as a low/no fuel problem has now before a problem with the charging system, or those 2 sensors?
Or maybe one of those errors or codes helped to create the fuel issue? I have not checked the fuel pressures at either low- or high-pressure pumps, and I’m not sure I have the tools to do so, but I’d appreciate any input to whether those errors lights and codes could have anything to do with the fact the outboard is not getting any fuel. Thanks!
Old No7
ACG Error
MIL Code Errors
FYI: Next I will “reply to my own posting” with what I found under the belt cover -- when ironically, following the troubleshooting for the low-pressure fuel pump, as it said to remove the cover and check for belt tension -- and you should see what I found!
It would not restart – although she coughed a couple of times and almost caught. The marina owner tried it with a smaller tank of gas (using my Honda fitting) but she would not start on his tank either. He suspected the motor ran off what remained in the VST Tank and that the float was stuck and the brain thought the VST was full even though it was empty.
See my other post which I created just before this one; so as to rule out any issues (or future problems) from a collapsed fuel line, I replaced the lines from the tank to the motor. Even though it didn’t start up when using the marina guy’s tank, when I saw how the liner had collapsed inside the gray fuel line, I figured it would be a wise idea to replace the lines and make those a non-issue for now and future years.
Today, I removed the VST and at first, I could not hear the float move when it was tipped up or down, or rolled over & over. I sprayed some Gumout into it and let it soak several times, and covered all fuel ports and shook it around. After that, I could hear the float move when the VST was shook.
But she won’t start – even though I did confirm spark on plugs 1 &4, as described in the manual. It sounds like there is no fuel getting into the VST, through the high-pressure fuel pump and out to the rails. But I did confirm that the line up to the low—pressure fuel pump has fuel in it, and squeezing the bulb will show fuel at that point.
On top of all this:
* The ACG Light is on, indicating a faulty charging system, but the battery was freshly charged before trying to restart (while working on the VST).
* I remembered a tip from Hondadude (I think it was) and shorted the red plug to check for MIL codes and I got 2 of them:
…..... 3 blinks = MAP Sensor
…..... 6 blinks = ECM Sensor
I don’t understand how what started as a low/no fuel problem has now before a problem with the charging system, or those 2 sensors?
Or maybe one of those errors or codes helped to create the fuel issue? I have not checked the fuel pressures at either low- or high-pressure pumps, and I’m not sure I have the tools to do so, but I’d appreciate any input to whether those errors lights and codes could have anything to do with the fact the outboard is not getting any fuel. Thanks!
Old No7
ACG Error
MIL Code Errors
FYI: Next I will “reply to my own posting” with what I found under the belt cover -- when ironically, following the troubleshooting for the low-pressure fuel pump, as it said to remove the cover and check for belt tension -- and you should see what I found!
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