I just installed a new engine in to a Catalina that has been sitting for... probably a long time. It has been working fine on a gas can but now that I connected it to the tank it won't start and the fuel won't prime.
Here are all the clues..
The electric fuel pump can't get fuel pressure. You hear it working but the fuel filter located before the pump stays dry.
I couldn't blow air to the fuel tank when I took the line off.
When I connect the pump to a gas can it primes and engine starts... works no problem.
When I pour fuel down in to the tank filler hole, it goes down very slowly.
I took the fuel cap off and tried to blow air or get pressure and it didn't help.
Any ideas here? Is there a fuel shut off valve? I can't find anything like that.
This is a 78' Catalina 30.
Here are all the clues..
The electric fuel pump can't get fuel pressure. You hear it working but the fuel filter located before the pump stays dry.
I couldn't blow air to the fuel tank when I took the line off.
When I connect the pump to a gas can it primes and engine starts... works no problem.
When I pour fuel down in to the tank filler hole, it goes down very slowly.
I took the fuel cap off and tried to blow air or get pressure and it didn't help.
Any ideas here? Is there a fuel shut off valve? I can't find anything like that.
This is a 78' Catalina 30.