Cruising along and just shut down

« **on:** September 24, 2009, 07:15:35 AM »

I was cruising along the other day and the motor just shut down. Looked and the fuel filter was empty. Had plenty of gas and the pump is new. I switched tanks just for grins and it filled the filter and off I went. I noticed the line from the Left tank to the fuel pump is too long. It actually circled clims up the transom then into the pump. Can a redundent line cause this ? Should I cut the line to make it as short as possible ?

« **Reply #1 on:** September 24, 2009, 07:24:11 AM »

MAKE them equal length

« **Reply #2 on:** September 24, 2009, 09:49:53 AM »

Quote from: Ralph Brunt on September 24, 2009, 07:24:11 AM

MAKE them equal length

That'll solve your problems.

« **Reply #3 on:** September 24, 2009, 12:54:04 PM »

I have to disagree guys....

if he is switching between tanks, not drawing from both at the same time, fuel line length wouldnt matter.

i suspect a dropped pickup tube or a clogged line.

Quote from: Danger731 on September 24, 2009, 07:15:35 AM

I was cruising along the other day and the motor just shut down. Looked and the fuel filter was empty. Had plenty of gas and the pump is new. I switched tanks just for grins and it filled the filter and off I went. I noticed the line from the Left tank to the fuel pump is too long. It actually circled clims up the transom then into the pump. Can a redundent line cause this ? Should I cut the line to make it as short as possible ?

« **Reply #4 on:** September 24, 2009, 06:33:01 PM »

you are correct brad, didn't see the switch thingy

Danger731

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Ralph Brunt

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Luckie Stiff

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Brad @ SCJB

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