fuel pickup line corroded (pic)

[bassarama]

Good morning

Some of you may recall one of my recent posts about my motor loosing power while underway...you gave me excellent tips on the subjec which I used to troubleshoot my problem.

I started by replacing the Racor filter and fuel line priming bulb...after that we went fishing and noticed the motor doing the same thing, loosing power underway at any given speed/rpm's, a few pumps on the fuel bulb and the motor would run strong again.

Yesterday I had a little time and continued to persue this problem, I popped open the fuel tank excess cover and this is what I found; tons of exterior corrosion on the connecting fitings which leads me to think that I might have some build up inside these metal componnents, causing chocking of the fuel flow thus, giving me my loss of power problem.

I'm thinking: removing the little valve and the anti-siphon check valve (if I have one here)...and go from there...

Comments and tips are very welcome. Here's a pic:



Thanks to all

Joe