A fuel hose warning for all!

[fastjeff]

Old fuel lines on outboards are starting to disentigrate after being exposed to ethanol in the gas. If this happens before your fuel filter it might be okay, but if the deterioration happens AFTER the filter rubber particles will enter the carb (or try to). The result is either a stuck open needle that leaks, or plugged jets. Both can fry a power head, especially those with multiple carbs (since the motor keeps cranking along on the unaffected carbs).

The smart move is to--at a minimum--replace every fuel hose after the filter. Better still, replace them all!

Jeff

 

[run out]

Need to get ethanol out of the gas anyhow, it is a useless addative that has driven up the prices of food and has done nothing for gas prices. It wears out and destroys a ALL engines. It is time to over-throw and take control of the oil companies and bring fuel prices to a decent rate. Like 50 cent a gallon......

OMG ------Obama Must Go

 

[faztbullet]

The fuel hose problem is nothing new as the grey Merc line with red imprinting was among the first to fail. If you replace the hoses use the BIA/EPA rated hose as rubber hose will fail again. I use the Yamaha grey hose on my customers smaller engines as that something you rarely see on a Yamaha or Suzuki is a bad or deteriorated fuel line and they are not reinforced hoses...Hummmmmmmmm

 

[fastjeff]

Good thing to know. Thanks.

Jeff