So i was under the hood of my 99 mercury force
40 elpt trying to chase down a tell tale issue when i noticed something kind of suspicious. i have attached a photo, and i circled in yellow what i believe to be referred to as a fuel enrichment valve? anyway there is two small tubes coming off of the top. the bottom hose runs into the bottom of the carb (circled in green). anyway that hose was so kinked i cant imagine anything could flow thru it. the top hose went nowhere, it appeared to have broke (circled in red), i believe i located the spot where its supposed to go because i see a real small chunk of hose attached to a nipple.
anyway fair warning i dont really know what im doing, but i fell like what i should do is straighten out the kinked hose, and reattach the other hose. Any reason not to do this? do these tubes really do much of anything? I only recently acquired this motor, but honestly the motor seems to run pretty good.
40 elpt trying to chase down a tell tale issue when i noticed something kind of suspicious. i have attached a photo, and i circled in yellow what i believe to be referred to as a fuel enrichment valve? anyway there is two small tubes coming off of the top. the bottom hose runs into the bottom of the carb (circled in green). anyway that hose was so kinked i cant imagine anything could flow thru it. the top hose went nowhere, it appeared to have broke (circled in red), i believe i located the spot where its supposed to go because i see a real small chunk of hose attached to a nipple.anyway fair warning i dont really know what im doing, but i fell like what i should do is straighten out the kinked hose, and reattach the other hose. Any reason not to do this? do these tubes really do much of anything? I only recently acquired this motor, but honestly the motor seems to run pretty good.
