Recently purchased my first pontoon. It's a Sun Chaser 23', Has a Suzuki 115. Runs just fine, starts right away no troubles.
Permanent tank in back under sundeck. I filled it at the local gas station with non-ethanol gas before our first time out. Filling was a little slow going but I figured it was just because the fill was up high where I had difficulty getting the nozzle into the fill. Fast forward to a month later and I stop at the marina for my first fill-up there. The pump there kept shutting off and so I only got a small amount of gas. The dock guy said he could see the gas sitting in the filler line as if it was full.
I have checked everything.
The vent is clear.
The vent line is clear.
The vent check valve in tank is operating fine.
The vent carbon filter is clear with no restriction.
The filler door is fine.
The 1-1/2" filler hose is clear and straight down at an angle so no dips in it.
The filler check valve is clean and clear and operates great with no resistance at all.
When I removed the vent check valve from the tank I looked into the tank and all was clean.
Anyone have any ideas what else I can check? My next step is stopping at the marina again and see if it happens again.
Could it have been some sort of vapor lock fluke?
Thanks to all of you. I've been away for some time but I'm back now.
Jeff
Permanent tank in back under sundeck. I filled it at the local gas station with non-ethanol gas before our first time out. Filling was a little slow going but I figured it was just because the fill was up high where I had difficulty getting the nozzle into the fill. Fast forward to a month later and I stop at the marina for my first fill-up there. The pump there kept shutting off and so I only got a small amount of gas. The dock guy said he could see the gas sitting in the filler line as if it was full.
I have checked everything.
The vent is clear.
The vent line is clear.
The vent check valve in tank is operating fine.
The vent carbon filter is clear with no restriction.
The filler door is fine.
The 1-1/2" filler hose is clear and straight down at an angle so no dips in it.
The filler check valve is clean and clear and operates great with no resistance at all.
When I removed the vent check valve from the tank I looked into the tank and all was clean.
Anyone have any ideas what else I can check? My next step is stopping at the marina again and see if it happens again.
Could it have been some sort of vapor lock fluke?
Thanks to all of you. I've been away for some time but I'm back now.
Jeff
