Reply To: Problems with my 75’ 25 Johnson

[Don]

billw wrote:

What tank are you using? A lot of the plastic tanks have plastic pick ups. These will distort and cause places for air to enter. Since it’s a lot easier for the pump to pull air than fuel, you lose fuel and think it’s a bad pump. Is that clear as mud? All that being said, air leaks have also happened to me on steel tanks. Recently I had a three gallon Mercury tank whose pick somehow was starting to unscrew itself, which caused a leak. The o-ring at the tank end quick-connect fitting is another place air can leak into the system. All this is why troubleshooting 101 states to try another known good tank and line, before zeroing in on the engine itself.

I would agree with Bill, am thinking the problem is much simpler than leaky exhaust gaskets. Every time i “get in too deep/happens to all of us”, I always back up and re examine “the basics”. Nine out of ten times, I find the simple problem/issue I somehow overllooked…D