I have an inboard gas engine that I has been giving me troubles since commissioning this spring. At first, it wouldn’t start at all and I learned that I needed new batteries. Done. Then it would run for a while allowing me to get underway, but when I returned from a day sail it would not restart. The boatyard mechanic and I suspected air was getting into the fuel line so that it was losing suction (perhaps when the engine heated up?). So we replaced the fuel filter and installed a hand priming pump. Yesterday (after Isaias) I started the engine up and it ran for about two minutes then died. I primed it and again, it ran for about two minutes. After the third time (riding the edge of “insanity”) of priming, it ran for 15 minutes after which I shut it down.
Any thoughts on what might be happening?
Any thoughts on what might be happening?