Hard starting after sitting for a few minutes

soccerdad1

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I have a 2021 Starcraft with a 200 HP Volvo Penta IO in it. It was a rental boat so it has 250 hours on it now. It starts immediately when cold and if you stop it after running for a while and then it will immediately restart. But if it sits for 10+ minutes, it then cranks for about 5 seconds (which seems like forever) before it will sputter to life. It runs great, but has this starting issue. Seems like it could be a leaking fuel injector or something like that but it is only a guess. I am not sure how to diagnose it and eventually fix the issue. I just dumped some seafoam into it, but I doubt that will help much. Any help troubleshooting would be very much appreciated.
 

yoster

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Can you give us the actual model of the engine?
For instance, 4.3 GXI? (displacement plus the letters after)

Need to understand if we're dealing with a carb'd, throttle body injection or port injection situation.
 

soccerdad1

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Shoot, I know it is injected, but not sure the exact model. I will have to look next time I am with the boat. It is a 2021 package. From what I see on the penta site, all of the 200 hp packages are direct injection.
 
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