aburke120
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2011
- Messages
- 183
I have always heard the horror stories about carbs being dirty because the grey
fuel lines fail, and pieces end up somewhere in the carb. I have never experienced this
in my many years of boating. Until today. Not having engine problems, but this
could have led to it. I have two motors for two different boats, and sometimes I
use one tank for whatever I'm going to do. One motor is a Johnson 90, the other a
Mercury 15, both 2 strokes, I change out the motor end of the fuel line to do whatever
it is I'm going to do. Today I cut off the end I was using on the Johnson, and found
about a 1/2 or 3/4 inch of what looks like and had the consistency of plastic inside the
fuel line. There was a pin hole letting gas through. This fuel line isn't that old, but I'm
going to replace it with some black fuel line before doing anything with either boat.
fuel lines fail, and pieces end up somewhere in the carb. I have never experienced this
in my many years of boating. Until today. Not having engine problems, but this
could have led to it. I have two motors for two different boats, and sometimes I
use one tank for whatever I'm going to do. One motor is a Johnson 90, the other a
Mercury 15, both 2 strokes, I change out the motor end of the fuel line to do whatever
it is I'm going to do. Today I cut off the end I was using on the Johnson, and found
about a 1/2 or 3/4 inch of what looks like and had the consistency of plastic inside the
fuel line. There was a pin hole letting gas through. This fuel line isn't that old, but I'm
going to replace it with some black fuel line before doing anything with either boat.