fuel squeeze ball

[tav]

a few years ago i had a 7 hp merc and with a squeeze ball for the fuel, had it in the garage for the winter ....yea it got cold in there and in the the spring that ball was super hard ,couldn't squeeze it......threw it out and bought another one. now i put my boat (40 hp 2 stroke) away for this winter with a cover and left the ball with the boat . you think this will happen every winter when putting the boat awy for winter. should i have left fuel in the ball? i ran the motor till it stalled.

 

[Joe Reeves]

Re: fuel squeeze ball

I think your previous encounter with the fuel primer bulb was just a weird coincidence. Many of them are left out in freezing weather with no problems encountered.

Running the engine out of fuel is not a good idea if it has more than one carburetor... better to simply shut the engine off, then drain the carburetor float chambers. If but one carburetor, it's okay.

 

[boobie]

Re: fuel squeeze ball

Years back the fuel system parts were not alcohol resistant as they are now. I remember fuel lines that you couldn't bend in the spring because of the alcohol.

 

[tav]

Re: fuel squeeze ball

so it's still on the warmer side up in ct. should i start it back up and then shut it off to keep somthing in the system?.....tho i'd have to fog the cylinders again

 

[tazrig]

Re: fuel squeeze ball

so it's still on the warmer side up in ct. should i start it back up and then shut it off to keep somthing in the system?.....tho i'd have to fog the cylinders again

No, you don't need to. If you have multiple carburetors simply drain out any excess gas that may be left in any of them. The bulb shouldn't matter full or empty.