My Sweet 16 outboard had the original red steel 18 gal tank mounted under the
motor well up against the transom in when I got it in 1998. Ran it for four
years that way and eventually got the starvation problem from crud in the fuel
filter. I took the tank out and flushed it with kerosene but kept getting
more and more rust and scale out of it and eventually figured "why am I
struggling with this, I just want to cruise". I replaced it with a new polyethelene
18 gal tank, connected the existing filler hose back up and that was the end of
the problem.
The gas gauge doesn't work so I always carry a spare 6 gal tank. When the
main tank runs out, I know it'll take a little over 2 1/2 - 6 gal cans to fill
it with two gallons left to top off the spare tank. Haven't overflowed the
tank or gotten stranded in years.
Mike Stevesand
Received on Friday, 10 December 2004
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