So, today in some confused seas, with lots of banging around, I had numerous fuel starvation issues. Each time I checked the primer bulb it had no fuel and if squeezed would collapse and take a long time to uncollapse.
History:
2013 Honda 250. Just did an 850 hour service, all new filters, spark plugs, gaskets, etc. Also installed a new Mercury OEM fuel primer bulb. My set up is such:
fuel line from tank (3/8) goes to a 10 micron Yamaha fuel/water filter. I replaced that recently. After that, a 3/8 line goes to the bulb (Mercury OEM/Quicksilver) and then the line that leaves the bulb is a 5/16 that goes to the Honda.
When heading out today, before the seas got nasty, I had no issues. Running for a good 30-45 minutes at about 6000 rpms. It was only when things started to get rough and choppy that I'd suddenly experience those sudden losses of power, again like fuel starvation.
I would stop, check the bulb, wait for a minute, slowly get the bulb hard again, and then head off again. I kept it to around 4000 rpms from this point on, but it seemed like, at random, every 5-15 minutes, it would do it all over again.
Is it possible my bulb took a dump? Only 2 months old, have used it 4 other times in some even worse conditions, and this is the first time it has done this.
One other question - on a modern fuel-injected Honda 250, do I really NEED a primer bulb?
History:
2013 Honda 250. Just did an 850 hour service, all new filters, spark plugs, gaskets, etc. Also installed a new Mercury OEM fuel primer bulb. My set up is such:
fuel line from tank (3/8) goes to a 10 micron Yamaha fuel/water filter. I replaced that recently. After that, a 3/8 line goes to the bulb (Mercury OEM/Quicksilver) and then the line that leaves the bulb is a 5/16 that goes to the Honda.
When heading out today, before the seas got nasty, I had no issues. Running for a good 30-45 minutes at about 6000 rpms. It was only when things started to get rough and choppy that I'd suddenly experience those sudden losses of power, again like fuel starvation.
I would stop, check the bulb, wait for a minute, slowly get the bulb hard again, and then head off again. I kept it to around 4000 rpms from this point on, but it seemed like, at random, every 5-15 minutes, it would do it all over again.
Is it possible my bulb took a dump? Only 2 months old, have used it 4 other times in some even worse conditions, and this is the first time it has done this.
One other question - on a modern fuel-injected Honda 250, do I really NEED a primer bulb?