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Originally Posted by spareparts
I would expect the fuel pick up to be higher off the floor, simple solution, pull it out and cut the end at an angle, that way it won't suck itself to the floor. Use some acetone in the tank to try and break up the varnish. BTW, I can't remember if I've asked this before, do you have the grey mercury fuel hose on the engine? If you do, cut a short section off, split it and turn it inside out, you'll be surprised at what you find
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How high should the pick-up be off the floor and/or how much of an angle? Will acetone screw up the motor if there are remnants in the tank? All the fuel line is the new ethanol approved heavy duty marine stuff, the black hose.
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Originally Posted by smokeonthewater
E-10 actually does a pretty good job of breaking up the varnish and gunk in the tank.... I suspect that's why you are having issues....
I also was thinking of another option for an in tank screen that wouldn't let the gunk just fall back onto the tank.... An inline fuel filter containing a pleated element with the inlet opened up to about 1/2" would stop the crap from fouling your fuel line but it would trap it so that you would eventually get it out of your tank...
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So are you thinking that I should just leave the tank full of E-10 and let chemistry do it's thing? I'm not sure what you're thinking about a screen? I have a good spin on filter separator and that is where I want the chunks to end up. I would think that a screen would cause the stuff to remain in the tank which is the opposite of what I want.