onstumplake
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Hello, I'm new to the forum and this is my first post. Hello everyone!
Post: As my father-in-law has been unable to use his boat for about 5 years, because of health issues, it's been sitting in his garage all that time. I recently brought it home to try and get it going and either sell it or use it. I'm not sure of the exact model but it's a 1990 164 Side Console Deluxe. I think. 7' beam, and deep. It has a 70 Evinrude.
So, I thought it best to drain all the old gas to start things off but have been unsuccessful so far doing so. It has an on-board tank with a line coming up near the rear and then to the engine with the primer bulb in between. The bulb seems fine as does the line itself, at least the part I can see. I cannot get any gas movement by squeezing the bulb, seems line only air is available in the line. I cut off the hose right by the engine fitting so I could drape the line down to a bucket. But no-go no gas moves.
Since I really could not hear any gas sloshing around in the tank, I added about 2.5 gallons and tried again. But nothing. Now what? I can't really follow the gas line further into the boat without taking things apart but don't know where to start since I don't know where the tank is either. The fill spout thing is on left side top, a bit over half way up the boat. Any suggestions here? Thank you.
Post: As my father-in-law has been unable to use his boat for about 5 years, because of health issues, it's been sitting in his garage all that time. I recently brought it home to try and get it going and either sell it or use it. I'm not sure of the exact model but it's a 1990 164 Side Console Deluxe. I think. 7' beam, and deep. It has a 70 Evinrude.
So, I thought it best to drain all the old gas to start things off but have been unsuccessful so far doing so. It has an on-board tank with a line coming up near the rear and then to the engine with the primer bulb in between. The bulb seems fine as does the line itself, at least the part I can see. I cannot get any gas movement by squeezing the bulb, seems line only air is available in the line. I cut off the hose right by the engine fitting so I could drape the line down to a bucket. But no-go no gas moves.
Since I really could not hear any gas sloshing around in the tank, I added about 2.5 gallons and tried again. But nothing. Now what? I can't really follow the gas line further into the boat without taking things apart but don't know where to start since I don't know where the tank is either. The fill spout thing is on left side top, a bit over half way up the boat. Any suggestions here? Thank you.