Fuel lines fixed

[mriversinco]

So, after the fiasco last week with the new boat I spent some time fixing it up. Who wanted a turn key boat anyway right? Like my neighbor said, I'm just using this as an excuse to get to know the new boat.

Anyway, the fuel problem I had ended up being 2 things. The front tank had really nasty gas in it so I drained it and added new gas with some seafoam until it came out like it's supposed to. The back tank wasn't getting a good siphon so the motor would bog down when it went into high rpm's. I thought the fuel line was bad so I tore into the boat with full gusto. Well, found it was actually just the bulb that went bad but since I was already in deep with the floor, and the lines looked really bad, I decided to replace them anyway.

Here's the old lines:

And here's the new line:

I'm still getting a gas odor from the front tank so maybe one of my other connections leak a little, or there's a pin hole somewhere. For now, looks like i'll use the back tank until the offseason and tear into her again.

[ekbelt]

Looks nice Mike! I had a similar issue last year... all the fuel lines were cracked/rotted out. I think it was a combination of being old and ethanol.

[IRon]

Yeah, takes all the fun out of it if you just take off. It's hard to get the gas smell out if any gets down in the foam. Hopefully it's just a leaking fitting or clamp and not the tank. But like you said, winter project.