Rinker Fiesta vee with twin Mercruisers 8.2

cloe00

Hi,
We ran out of gas on our 2005 Rinker Fiesta vee with twin mercruiser 8.2 engine, and when we put about 10 gallons of gas on each engine (we brought the gallons to the boat), it now would not start, seems like the engines have some air going thru them. What can we do to start the engines back?

zaverin1

I would prime the fuel system
statrting with checking and filling the fuel filter
I also had great success with priming boats by starting them on a remote fuel tank.
sometiems you have to prime them via throttle body or if it’s really bad pressurize fuel rail
and start bleeding it

jmichels

You can just remove the feed line coming from the fuel filter pump housing to motor and bleed it until fuel starts coming out into a cup then tighten it back up. Or alternatively fill fuel filter but sometimes that won't work. 

cloe00

Thanks for your responses. We bled both engines, and they had water in them, not sure how water got into the tanks, but after bleeding them for a few minutes and using starting fluid on the fuel filter, both engines started.

zaverin1

Check your vent lines and fuel tank caps for leaks
also never use starting fluid !

jmichels

if they had water the alarm should have been going off preventing you from starting them.