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 1.jpg fuel lines 1.jpg](https://forums.iboats.com/data/attachments/345/345559-a6843245a0c8393f6847591f5dd9a74e.jpg)
![fuel lines.jpg fuel lines.jpg](https://forums.iboats.com/data/attachments/345/345560-3ef690ea7fbb5f6abc84fb6e073a7bd3.jpg)
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 1.jpg fuel lines 1.jpg](https://forums.iboats.com/data/attachments/345/345559-a6843245a0c8393f6847591f5dd9a74e.jpg)
![fuel lines.jpg fuel lines.jpg](https://forums.iboats.com/data/attachments/345/345560-3ef690ea7fbb5f6abc84fb6e073a7bd3.jpg)