Thread: Good luck bad luck

Originally Posted by brobrash

Should have listened to Pole Bender, he was right. Tried to run it and it died. Back out of the water and on the trailer. Siphoned the fuel out and and added sea foam and more fuel, sloshed it around. Pulled hose off of water seperator on motor, drained the carb bowls, and pumped the rest out with primer bulb. Finally got it running on on Sunday eve. Concrete, thanks for the fishing trip in the slab slayer, enjoyed the time with you and Dalton catching them Hogs.

This is one time I hate that I was right! I would run a tank of clean gas and 2 cans of sea foam through the system to clean it out and then change your fuel filter or filters since i don't know what you have and spark plugs.

Thanks, thats exactly what I plan to do once I install the water seperator filter. I was advised by a boat mechanic that all outboard engines should have an inline fuel filter/seperator, the ones that look like an oil filter and cost about $50.00 at most parts stores. Ethanol that is being added to fuel is a moisture magnet and since fuel tanks are vented, most tanks have water in them. This is even more important with 2 stroke engines. Learned something from this event.