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Re: Engine starts, but immediately stalls

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Originally Posted by stretchnout

Hey Love Machine,

I this weekend had a similar problem. I ran about 30 min. to get gas and after putting about 100 gallons in went to start the boat and it started but then stalled. After pulling fuel lines checking for blockages I pulled the fuel water seperators and dumped them. Then filled them all the way to the top and reinstalled new filters and turned the key and they both started and ran great. There are 2 fuel pumps one that fills the fuel water seperator that is mech and one that pumps the fuel to the injectors that is the elec pump. Try filling the seperators all the way up if you get a chance..... Good Luck

When I put on the new filter I didn't fill them. I'll try that before the mechanic comes out. Thanks.

Re: Engine starts, but immediately stalls

Had a similar problem last year, turned out to be my MSD module shorting out inside.

It's fixed! Re: Engine starts, but immediately stalls

Everyone, thanks for your input. I did fix it myself this past weekend. It ended up being something simple.

I pulled the gas filter and there was hardly anything in it. I filled it all the way up, put it back on and let all air out of the pressure check valve. It started up on the second attempt and has run since.

Still unknown what actually caused it to happen. I took spare filter, gas and tools with me when cruising around to test it out. So far, so good.