"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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Boat electric pumps also work for a short time when the ignition is turned
on. Just like a car.


Maybe some do, or maybe things have changed, but I remember the one I had
only ran once oil pressure built up and a oil pressure switch made ....
which it would just by cranking a few times.

Otherwise, if there is a fuel leak, and the pump runs, trying to build
pressure, the gas gets pumped into the bilge.

Not a good thing.

Eisboch