Recently my 19' 1985 Celebrity has developed a problem starting.
If I pump the throttle multiple times it will try to start but will not keep running. I know I am not flooding the motor because there are no gas fumes in the engine compartment when this happens. This is very obviously an issue with the motor getting fuel. If I add a couple of gallons to the tank it starts and runs fine even at full speed. This has happened twice in the last week.
At first I assumed that my fuel gauge or sending unit was faulty and I was actually out of gas, however when I went to fill the 40 gallon tank yesterday it only held 10 gallons or so, confusing the heck out of me.
I am unsure of how the fuel pickup works but could it be broken? Possibly a bad fuel pump?
205 hp 4.3 Mercruiser with standard engine mounted fuel pump
If I pump the throttle multiple times it will try to start but will not keep running. I know I am not flooding the motor because there are no gas fumes in the engine compartment when this happens. This is very obviously an issue with the motor getting fuel. If I add a couple of gallons to the tank it starts and runs fine even at full speed. This has happened twice in the last week.
At first I assumed that my fuel gauge or sending unit was faulty and I was actually out of gas, however when I went to fill the 40 gallon tank yesterday it only held 10 gallons or so, confusing the heck out of me.
I am unsure of how the fuel pickup works but could it be broken? Possibly a bad fuel pump?
205 hp 4.3 Mercruiser with standard engine mounted fuel pump
