Well, that's going to be embarrassing. The boat's back in storage but I plan
to go up one night this week to check this out. I'd completely forgotten
about the kill switch. I pulled the starter relay and was going to order a
new one ($15.00) but I think I'll wait.

The kill switch doesn't show up on my engine wiring diagram and the "circuit
breakers" on my diagram are actually fuses. I hand traced every wire and
checked every connection from the starter to the ECM, it all looked good

I'll post the final answer (if I can stand the embarrassment) once I get up
to the lake and get this resolved.

Thanks for all your responses. By the way, in my troubleshooting, I did find
one scary item, a stainless steel fuel line was coming loose. The nut on
the flare fitting was only hand tight. I'd done a visual inspection when I
worked on it last week but lesson learned, from now on I'll test each
fitting with a wrench.

Thanks again,

P

"ILUVMYBOAT" wrote in message
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I recently had the stern drive on my boat serviced. The engine is a 2000
Volvo 4.3 Gi/SX. I only had the stern drive serviced.

The week prior to taking it to the dealer, I changed all my filters
including the fuel filter, changed the engine oil, and changed out my sea
water impeller. I ran the engine repeatedly both before and after my work
and it was as smooth as could be. The fuel tank was full and I stabilized
the new tank of fuel prior to putting it to bed for our brief winter. I
live in Northern Calif so it was only put away from 1 Dec to early March.

After returning from the dealer I tried to take the boat out for a brief
run--no start and not a hint of sound coming from the fuel pumps. There
should be a 2 second priming period prior to turning over the engine.
Nothing, Dead. Not a hint.

I'm in the process of troubleshooting. I can't find any disconnected wires
or connectors. The battery is good and fully charged. The engine turns
over just fine. I reset the 50 amp circuit breaker (it didn't appear to be
tripped). My wiring diagram shows 4 other circuit breakers but I don't see
them on the engine itself. I'm on the way to work to pick up a digital
mulit-meter to check for power at the fuel pump electrical connections but
I thought I'd ask this group if there was something obvious that I might
be missing.

Taking the boat back to the Volvo service center is a 3 hour round trip so
if I can get this on my own, I'd like to do so.

Thanks,

P