Hello all:
I am rehabbing a 1976 Catalina 30. I ran the engine before I bought the boat, so I know that it ran then.
Since then, I have replaced all of the fuel lines from the tank to the engine. I opened the tank and cleaned out the gunk that was in it. I cleaned out the fuel filter and replaced the filter element. I pushed fuel through all of the lines to make sure that I had clean fuel throughout the system.
I managed to get the engine to start and it would run for about 30 seconds, then die. There is an electric fuel pump in the system before the filter...does this need to be running to keep the engine going? I'm not 100% sure that it is running, and so it becomes an easy target to fix. When the engine is running, it seems to run OK, responds to throttle, etc, but won't stay running for very long.
Thanks for the help!
I am rehabbing a 1976 Catalina 30. I ran the engine before I bought the boat, so I know that it ran then.
Since then, I have replaced all of the fuel lines from the tank to the engine. I opened the tank and cleaned out the gunk that was in it. I cleaned out the fuel filter and replaced the filter element. I pushed fuel through all of the lines to make sure that I had clean fuel throughout the system.
I managed to get the engine to start and it would run for about 30 seconds, then die. There is an electric fuel pump in the system before the filter...does this need to be running to keep the engine going? I'm not 100% sure that it is running, and so it becomes an easy target to fix. When the engine is running, it seems to run OK, responds to throttle, etc, but won't stay running for very long.
Thanks for the help!