When I try to start the boat after 3 weeks of sitting, it is very hard to get started. No gas in the carburetor. Pumping the throttle there is no squirt from the accelerator pump. The carb remains dry for several cranking episodes of 20 seconds. What does work is squirting a little fuel down the primaries. Engine fires up, then dies.. 3 or 4 times. I am thinking the fuel pump must be dry also, so the entire plumbing would have to be refilled with gas. When the boat does fire up it runs fine. no hesitation, accelerator pumps working etc. Why is it dry? Where did the gas go? No leaks, no drips, no smell.
The boat is a 95 with the 7.4 454.. and mechanical fuel pump. Mercrusier Rochester Quadrajet. Dock mates suggest to put on an electric pump. Is this an option? Are the mechanical pumps rebuildable?
The boat is a 95 with the 7.4 454.. and mechanical fuel pump. Mercrusier Rochester Quadrajet. Dock mates suggest to put on an electric pump. Is this an option? Are the mechanical pumps rebuildable?
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