I put a baggie under the VST and opened the screw. I collected about 3 oz of pure clean gasoline.
I happened to open the thermostat (which I clogged up recently) and found a little sand in there, but it rinsed right out - it wasn't gummed up or anything.
I'm running the motor on the garden...
I have fuel injectors, no carb.
Is this picture a fuel/water separator? I thought that's what it was, but there doesn't appear to be any sort of stop **** or anything on it. There's a slot in the bottom maybe for a screw driver, but I think if I put one in there and turned, it would break. It...
So, my Mercury four stroke is bogging. I have a fair amount of experience with 4 stroke engines, but not outboards; so I never know if a problem is related to the lower/cooing system.
Engine starts fine, idles fine. Boat doesn't seem to idle as fast as it used to (2.5mph vs maybe 3.5mph...