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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5647597" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>When I bought the boat, I siphoned out the old gas from the tank. there was a lot of water and sludge in that 5 year old gas.</p><p></p><p>I then put a couple gallons fresh gas back in, agitated the gas, and siphoned it out. Came out clean.</p><p></p><p>flushed out the fuel lines with ethanol free gas, replaced the fuel filter in the fuel water separator and ran the boat. drained the fuel from the fuel water separator, very minute debris and a drop or two of water was all that was in it.</p><p></p><p>Ran the boat multiple times since then, always running perfectly... until this past trip when I lost prime. Bulb was fully inflated, when you pumped it, it was just sucking air and returned to fully inflated but would not build pressure. was able to very slowly squeeze the bulb, and very slowly let the bulb expand to draw enough fuel into the bulb to then force it into the motor to get the motor restarted, but bulb would not build pressure/ become tense with pumping. got motor started, acted like it was going to die, but when I revved it up, it bogged for a second, then got on plane, then ran perfectly, giving me identical top end speed at WOT as before the incident.</p><p></p><p>Got home, pumped the bulb to restart the motor in a tub to rinse the motor and run the carbs dry and the bulb pumped right up building full pressure. Started the motor in neutral/ idle speed and ran perfectly. Unhooked the fuel line and let the motor run for about 10 minutes until it ran dry of all gas (the way I store the boat... empty carbs completely)</p><p></p><p>Drained all the gas out of the tank by siphoning it out the fill cap. Let it sit for 20 minutes, then decanted most of the gas into my 4 wheeler. Left the last 10oz or so in the gas can and poured it into a glass jar... crystal clear, no water or debris in the residual gas. Poured it into the 4 wheeler.</p><p></p><p>Drained the fuel in the fuel/water separator and got a tiny bit of debris in the glass jar (picture in original thread) as well as probably the equivalent of 8-10 drops of water. Rinsed out the fuel filter and replaced it. Poured 2 gallons of fresh EtOH free gas back into the main tank. Hooked the fuel line back up to the motor. Forgot to prefill the fuel water separator with fuel, so had to prime by pumping the bulb a lot more than normal to fill all the lines, the fuel/water separator, then finally fill the carbs. bulb primed up and got firm. restarted the motor at idle, fired up first crank, idled perfectly in the bucket of water, revved perfectly in the bucket of water. Unhooked the fuel line from the motor and ran the motor until it ran dry of fuel. Stored the boat and called it good <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>But I will definetly bring a small portable tank, extra fuel line/ bulb/ connector with me on my next trip (or maybe my next several trips!!!) sure don't want to get caught out again with a fuel issue. Considering buying a membership to sea tow as well, just in case!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5647597, member: 2805"] When I bought the boat, I siphoned out the old gas from the tank. there was a lot of water and sludge in that 5 year old gas. I then put a couple gallons fresh gas back in, agitated the gas, and siphoned it out. Came out clean. flushed out the fuel lines with ethanol free gas, replaced the fuel filter in the fuel water separator and ran the boat. drained the fuel from the fuel water separator, very minute debris and a drop or two of water was all that was in it. Ran the boat multiple times since then, always running perfectly... until this past trip when I lost prime. Bulb was fully inflated, when you pumped it, it was just sucking air and returned to fully inflated but would not build pressure. was able to very slowly squeeze the bulb, and very slowly let the bulb expand to draw enough fuel into the bulb to then force it into the motor to get the motor restarted, but bulb would not build pressure/ become tense with pumping. got motor started, acted like it was going to die, but when I revved it up, it bogged for a second, then got on plane, then ran perfectly, giving me identical top end speed at WOT as before the incident. Got home, pumped the bulb to restart the motor in a tub to rinse the motor and run the carbs dry and the bulb pumped right up building full pressure. Started the motor in neutral/ idle speed and ran perfectly. Unhooked the fuel line and let the motor run for about 10 minutes until it ran dry of all gas (the way I store the boat... empty carbs completely) Drained all the gas out of the tank by siphoning it out the fill cap. Let it sit for 20 minutes, then decanted most of the gas into my 4 wheeler. Left the last 10oz or so in the gas can and poured it into a glass jar... crystal clear, no water or debris in the residual gas. Poured it into the 4 wheeler. Drained the fuel in the fuel/water separator and got a tiny bit of debris in the glass jar (picture in original thread) as well as probably the equivalent of 8-10 drops of water. Rinsed out the fuel filter and replaced it. Poured 2 gallons of fresh EtOH free gas back into the main tank. Hooked the fuel line back up to the motor. Forgot to prefill the fuel water separator with fuel, so had to prime by pumping the bulb a lot more than normal to fill all the lines, the fuel/water separator, then finally fill the carbs. bulb primed up and got firm. restarted the motor at idle, fired up first crank, idled perfectly in the bucket of water, revved perfectly in the bucket of water. Unhooked the fuel line from the motor and ran the motor until it ran dry of fuel. Stored the boat and called it good :) But I will definetly bring a small portable tank, extra fuel line/ bulb/ connector with me on my next trip (or maybe my next several trips!!!) sure don't want to get caught out again with a fuel issue. Considering buying a membership to sea tow as well, just in case! [/QUOTE]
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