Thanks for the reply.
I think sometime this week we are going to dive into the electrical and try to trace all the wiring in the bilge area to see what is what at the console and then remove look at the livewell plumbing under the deck. Luckily on this boat there is an access panel behind the middle bench seat that gives easy access to the plumbing that would otherwise be blocked off by the fuel tank.
One other random/unrelated question... On my last boat with a built in fuel tank I was able to somewhat see through the poly tank to see the fuel level. It both helped me fill it correctly and estimate the oil to add. This tank is 25 gallons and someone had previously used a sharpie to mark lines on it every 6 gallons. I added a premixed 5 gal jug of gas to the tank and the gauge moved slightly less than 1/4 of a tank so it seem to be working ok I guess but I've never liked relying on those. Do people usually just rely on the gauge to estimate how much gas it will take, add the oil and fill until the pump kicks off? I guess once you fill it up a handful of times, you get familiar with estimating what the fill capacity is in relation to the gauge reading, just wasn't sure. My first impression was the tank needs one of those external pieces of clear tubing that shows the fuel level like what we use on metal water tanks to show the fill level lol.
I always used the gas pump and one of these bottles to measure oil when I used to premix. Fill till the pump kicks off, note how much gas it took, measure the right amount of oil, and dump it in. I don't think it makes a whole lot of difference whether you put the oil in first or last. I did it this way for years, gas and oil mix readily.
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I usually haul gas home to put in the boat. I don't take it to the station had someone run into the motor years ago. That was enough to break me
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Ouch! I'm getting to the point where I may make a fuel tank out of an old 55 gallon fuel drum to keep at home and use for refueling things like this. Getting tired of messing with jugs at home between my mower, atv, utv, boats, and chainsaws. At the moment dont have a great place for it as I'd prefer not to keep it in my shop but hopefully in next year or 2 going to build a large 3 sided pole barn for hay and could weld a rack for it to set it on in there.
I would always estimate the required gas using the gauge, add that amount of oil, and then after it kicked off I would fill up the oil measuring container with what else was needed and add a few oz of gas from the pump and add that. The gas in the oil bottle helped clean it out and I like to think it helped it mix better in the tank (likely false though lol).
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