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[JeromeM]

This is the third time I go out on the boat, last time was a week and a half ago I was out all day just chilling/cruising/wakeboarding and had no issues. I had filled it with 140L of fuel before I went out last time and it's still above 3/4 full.

The boat stayed anchored in the water since then, I went out today, inspected everything no water in the engine bay or anything so started up the boat and went off. I cruised around for 5-10 minutes slow at first to warm her up then 20-25mph, it was pretty choppy so I didn't want to go too fast and then all of a sudden the boat died. No sputter nothing just died.

So I try to start it again and it turns over no problem but won't fire up. I let everything air out, I looked into the engine bay I couldn't see anything that looked out of place, half hour goes by still turns over but won't fire.

Is there a fuel shut off or fuel reserve or something that I'm missing?

Any thoughts?

If it doesn't fire up in the morning I'll bring it in for service

Thanks,

Jerome

[JeromeM]

Well, I went out this morning and it still would just turn over and not start

I guess I'm going to find a way to tow it to a boat launch and bring it to the shop, this sucks

[ssmedt]

sorry about all your troubles; it would help if you filled out what boat you own in your profile. I know on my 2001 challenger that there is a fuel shutoff but it is not something that can shut off while moving; have you changed the plugs?

[JeromeM]

I added my info, but my thread title is "My 01 Utopia 185"

Ok, I got word back from the shop. The cause of the this issue was a blown fuse for the fuel pump that supports the Vacume Seperator? It boat had sat for 2 years so they assume some debris is in there so they will take the pump apart and clean it.

HOWEVER, with their diagnosis, they noticed that Cyl 5 had low compression, it wouldn't even register 100PSI. Their solution for this....is to replace the block with a factory Mercury block.....now this seems a bit odd to me because normally you hone or bore the cylinder get a new piston and rings and you're good to go....no?

Now, the boat sat for a few years, could it be a valve or something that just needs to work it's way back to normal
?

I told them to just fix the fuel pump and make sure the spark plugs and stuff were good and I was going to take my chances.

Thoughts?

[PsychFugue]

I added my info, but my thread title is "My 01 Utopia 185"

Ok, I got word back from the shop. The cause of the this issue was a blown fuse for the fuel pump that supports the Vacume Seperator? It boat had sat for 2 years so they assume some debris is in there so they will take the pump apart and clean it.

HOWEVER, with their diagnosis, they noticed that Cyl 5 had low compression, it wouldn't even register 100PSI. Their solution for this....is to replace the block with a factory Mercury block.....now this seems a bit odd to me because normally you hone or bore the cylinder get a new piston and rings and you're good to go....no?

Now, the boat sat for a few years, could it be a valve or something that just needs to work it's way back to normal
?

I told them to just fix the fuel pump and make sure the spark plugs and stuff were good and I was going to take my chances.

Thoughts?

I see no one answered your post Jerome... it's been a while I see... everytime someone gets a chance to say "you should get a new short-block" instead of re-boring the cylinders, you know it's sneaky. For some places it's all about the $$$ unfortunately.

Just like any other motor, they can be re-bored and set to go for far less money by any reputable mechanic.