Re: Unburned fuel

[vintin]

quote pugetsoundboater:

I like the idea of collecting the unburned mixture and reusing it. But after looking at the photo of the collected mixture in the clear container it looks most likely a higher percentage of oil than the original mix. This would throw off your oil:gas ratio considerably after adding it back into your tank,and add to the issue you are trying to solve .
I really try to get my fuel oil ratio close to exactly the recommended ratio ,and a slight bit more,to compensate for Seafoam and fuel stabilizer added to the gas. Not knowing what ratio of" recycled" oil was adding back in the tank would bug me.
Be careful with the collection of those fuel vapors for sure.
I’m not knocking the collection of unburned fuel, I really like the idea ! Jim

It bugs me too not knowing exactly what I’m adding back to the main tank.

Sometimes if I’m adding a lot of recovered fuel I’ll go 32/1 on the mix ration when i top up the 15 gallon main tank.

A friend of mine had a recovery system on a 35hp some years ago and only had a 1 pint tank. Not good. He got tired of it due to it getting full all of the time.

Chris P., I don’t have a good photo of the drain case reed valve cover. If you’ll got one please post it up. I did place the hose barb in the lowest possible spot on the cover figuring that is where the liquid fuel would pool first. This is directly across of the drain hole that leads into the lower unit housing.