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2008 challenger won't start!

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letournc

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All,

Hopefully someone has input on this puzzling problem. Yesterday I dropped my boat in the water it fired up and ran perfect. Docked it for about 10 minutes, and then started it up again without a problem. I then shut if off for a minute to wait for someone else to join us on the boat. When I then went to restart the boat it would turn over, however it would not start. I tried to over and over again to start the boat, and it simply would not start even though it was turning over like normal. Here is what I checked:
* Changed plugs
* Check fuses
* I even temporarily bypassed the neutral safety switch
* The tank is full so I am not out of gas :)
* Verified I had spark for each cylinder, I could also see gas coming from cylinder during this test, hence it doesn't appear to be the fuel pump.
* I pulled off the air filter to ensure I could feel suction in the intake when cranking

Anyone have other ideas? The boat is still in the water so I couldn't do a thorough inspection on the jet pump to see if sucked something in. I don't have experience with how the boat behaves under this circumstance so not sure if this is even reasonable.

Thanks for any input!
 
Sounds like you have something stuck in your pump (that you may not be able to see from the outside) or a bad battery.
 
Engine should be cranking around 300rpm
Pour some fresh fuel down spark plug holes put plugs back in and see if it kicks over
Do not put to much fuel in or you’ll damage the con rods
You may have bad fuel in the tank or low fuel pressure
 
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