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roccaas · 06-02-2011, 10:04 PM

Running ethanol gas? Running a cork float? They dont play well at all. Replace with neoprene before you get a tank full of cork crumbs to clean out. I think the cork particles still have enough "float" to rise up out of the blocking position when vacuum is released when the engine dies. Small outboard motors with integral fuel tanks can drop tiny plastic shavings into the fuel line/jets. A real pain to blow them out.

Been there, done that.

06-02-2011, 10:04 PM	#36
roccaas Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,300	Re: Driving & then COUGH COUGH & Died..10 min later start & Fine..& Died again. Running ethanol gas? Running a cork float? They dont play well at all. Replace with neoprene before you get a tank full of cork crumbs to clean out. I think the cork particles still have enough "float" to rise up out of the blocking position when vacuum is released when the engine dies. Small outboard motors with integral fuel tanks can drop tiny plastic shavings into the fuel line/jets. A real pain to blow them out. Been there, done that. __________________ 20 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Steve Jobs, and Bob Hope. Now we have no Cash, no Jobs, and no Hope...please don't let Kevin Bacon die!