attwood ventless fuel tank problems

petreaux1

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Sep 15, 2012
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bought new 6 gallon attwood "ventless" red plastic gas tank, running 90 hp yamaha 2/3 throttle and the engine starts bogging down. The primer bulb was sucked flat, went to pump it up and it wouldn,t pump. Took off gas cap from tank and after a minute the bulb would pump again. Seems the new tank was pumping down like a closed vent screw would do. Bought new attwood bulb, hose, etc. and still having issues. ANybody else having fuel issues w/ the new stayle tanks.?
 

robert graham

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Re: attwood ventless fuel tank problems

A fuel tank must have a vent to avoid problems like you describe. If yours has no vent then loosen the gas cap enough to allow tank to vent there.
 
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