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redeye
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Initially Posted - 06/03/2015 :  17:27:47  Show Profile
http://rayswords.com/temp/150603_fuel_line.jpg
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http://rayswords.com/temp/150603_fuel_line_b.jpg

Is it just me or does that look like a problem waiting to happen...

Really.. they expect a turn in the line like that to hold up over time.. I would think that would pinch shut in no time...

and the plastic fuel filter?


Anyhoo.. I'm gonna look for some more fuel line to have onboard.
Ray in Atlanta, Ga.
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Response Posted - 06/03/2015 :  17:51:20  Show Profile
Why not just remove the straight line on the left and cut a piece off. By shortening the left side it will allow the hose on the right to be rotated around to the left which will straighten out the kink.

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Edited by - GaryB on 06/03/2015 19:19:37
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redeye
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Response Posted - 06/04/2015 :  04:36:49  Show Profile
<< shortening the left side it will allow the hose on the right to be rotated around to the left which will straighten out the kink. >>

It is pushed in like that cause it is the only way the fuel filter will fit inside the cowling. The cheep plastic fuel filter looks like a hazard to me.

I expect to add another line without the fuel filter as I've got a big fuel filter on the incoming line just after the tank.

Ray in Atlanta, Ga.
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islander
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Response Posted - 06/04/2015 :  05:11:32  Show Profile
Ray, It looks like the fuel line is a pre-formed line from the photo. Similar to a radiator hose. If you were to try and substitute it with generic straight fuel line it would probably have a kink in it. The filter looks very similar to what is on my Honda. I don't know if I would remove it, It is another line of defense.
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
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redeye
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Response Posted - 06/04/2015 :  05:48:35  Show Profile
<< It is another line of defense. >>

Plastic Fuel Filter

This is my nephews car that burned up when a plastic fuel filter leaked and the car burned up rather quickly, so I kinda have a history with them


<< Ray, It looks like the fuel line is a pre-formed line from the photo >>

No, not pre formed.. you can pop it out of the kink. It's just rubber fuel hose and not an especially well made hose. I just bought a bunch of Evinrude OEM fuel hose at about $5 a foot and its a much thicker walled line.


This is not anything I'd consider immient, just something the dealer would charge you $50 to replace in a coupla years after the engine dies on you..

Anyhoo.. It could be a backflow checkvalve for all I know, but it is something I'm gonna check out.
Ray in Atlanta, Ga.
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Edited by - redeye on 06/04/2015 07:15:00
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Response Posted - 06/06/2015 :  07:28:01  Show Profile
With my recent experience with cracking gas lines (happened twice to me in short order), I'd recommend having about 6-8ft of spare fuel line in your bag of emergency spare "stuff", along with 6-8 matching hose clamps.
Make sure also you check the inside diameter of your fuel line as 1/4" and 3/8" ID hose have about the same outer diameter at the boating supply store.
When I went to get some at the store, I took the carton down off the shelf to measure out 8 ft, and I brought a piece of the old hose to match. Looked right, then as I was getting ready to cut noticed the difference. I needed 3/8", and was prepping 1/4". That would've been a $50 mistake!
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