Reply To: old style Evinrude fuel tank connectors

[frankr]

JOSEPH BRINCAT wrote:

OK now , Frank you have gone and done it !   what is the “drain screw” that you show in that image? and what is it’s function?

Joe B

I’d be surprised if somebody didn’t ask.  There is a screw retainer plate inside the tank which prevents dumping the last bit of gas out when turning the tank upside down.  Removing the drain screw opens a bypass path allowing that last bit of gas to exit.  Can’t say that I’ve ever used the feature that much.  There are other ways to get the gas out.