stewfish1818
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2010
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1990 150HP Johnson Outboard - VJ150TXESB
Ok, I couldn't get above 4000 rpm which I don't like to do but the boat was feeling sluggish so I thought I would give it more juice to see what happened.
I checked plugs and they were all firing (nothing soaked)
I went to the fuel/water separator next and poured it out. A tablespoon of black dust was in it which denotes old fuel lines.
Note: I changed all fuel lines except the hard to get at fuel filler line and vent line. I have not changed the separator in two years which was prior to my line change or emptied the separator for a year, so I imagine that is part of it.
Now to my question:
I'm going to install a dacor water separator in place of the old one that was filled with black dust. I also have a $5 cheap 3/8" nipple-to-nipple inline filter inside the engine. What I would like to do is take the engine's filter out and put a clear inline filter above the dacor filter to not waste money on big particles getting stuck in my new $80 dacor filter and so I can easily change the inline filter vs spending 40 minutes changing the one buried under the engine cowling.
Plus the primer bulb can push particles through the engine filter so it seems better to be before the primer bulb.
What do you guys think?
Ok, I couldn't get above 4000 rpm which I don't like to do but the boat was feeling sluggish so I thought I would give it more juice to see what happened.
I checked plugs and they were all firing (nothing soaked)
I went to the fuel/water separator next and poured it out. A tablespoon of black dust was in it which denotes old fuel lines.
Note: I changed all fuel lines except the hard to get at fuel filler line and vent line. I have not changed the separator in two years which was prior to my line change or emptied the separator for a year, so I imagine that is part of it.
Now to my question:
I'm going to install a dacor water separator in place of the old one that was filled with black dust. I also have a $5 cheap 3/8" nipple-to-nipple inline filter inside the engine. What I would like to do is take the engine's filter out and put a clear inline filter above the dacor filter to not waste money on big particles getting stuck in my new $80 dacor filter and so I can easily change the inline filter vs spending 40 minutes changing the one buried under the engine cowling.
Plus the primer bulb can push particles through the engine filter so it seems better to be before the primer bulb.
What do you guys think?