Launched my boat but had engine problems

Iamwildman

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We launched on Thursday. We started up and all seemed fine so we start our short trip across the lake to the marina. 5mins in and I'm just at idle speeds to get to the channel when I noticed a progressively loud whine/squeal. Suddenly the starboard engine quits as well as the whine. I wait a minute and try the engine again and it starts up with no whine, actually it sounds great. But it's short lived and stalls within 10 seconds. I try it again with the same results.
Any ideas what's going on? Fuel pump?
It's a 2001 fourwinns with twin Volvo 5.0Gi.
 

tpenfield

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Re: Launched my boat but had engine problems

It could be a whole host of things . . . so what else can you tell us?

Is there anything in particular that makes you think it is the fuel pump?

Did you check the engine over, and if so, was there anything unusual?
 

Iamwildman

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Re: Launched my boat but had engine problems

Fuel pump is just a guess. I haven't really looked it over yet. I'm going to change the fuel filter this week and look at things a bit more thorough. I noticed when I turn the key to on I hear the fuel pump work so maybe it's not that.
 
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