I’ve got a 2008 150 verado, after cranking it the other day, an alarm went off saying “water in fuel”. The motor then started running like crap. Had the same problem last year. Fuel has been in the boat a couple months, treated it with stabill. Starting to get really old, any advice?
'08 Sea Pro 206cc
150 Verado
Racor 10 micron fuel filter. Read and follow installation/maintenance directions provided.
definitely invest in a water seperator, also when you treat your fuel make sure you run it through your engine, by running your outboard thirty to fourty five miutes after treating the fuel. I also suggest you switch to a outboard manufacturers fuel stabilizer.
Ditto on the water seperator filter.
Further, if your filter mount is in a protected area, I’d swap out the regular spin-on filter with one that takes a sight bowl with drain. Something like
Note that the bowl is durable but is plastic. And, the drain is a plastic fitting. I would not mount this where it might be subjected to impact by equipment (sliding paddles, skis, whatever) or flopping fish. Breaking the bowl or drain fitting would be BAD = gas in the boat. However, if you can mount it in a safe manner, with the sight bowl + drain, you can easily monitor the accumulation of any water in the filter and drain it off as needed.
That having been said, I have one like this on my old HenryO. When I bought the boat, it had several gallons of water in the tank. I got the hull about level and used the fuel line to pump most of the water out. I installed a filter with a sight bowl and, for a few hours or running, I drained a few table spoons of water from the sight bowl every now and again. Since then, she’s been perfect.
17’ Henry O Hornet
26’ Palmer Scott
definately install the filter palmer is talking about
not sure why you need to use a manufacturers stabilizer, but okay. we suggest Startron, and if you dont use your boat weekly, i suggest using it on every fill up
why does Yamaha insist on putting the all metal no see thru filters on their new engine installations?
Seems they would put on the racor or an equivalent. (with the clear bowl).
my dealer says well, there is a water sep in the engine-----and I say but its real hard to get to one the water as on back side of the engine.
whats up with yamaha?
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Originally posted by edwardh1why does Yamaha insist on putting the all metal no see thru filters on their new engine installations?
Seems they would put on the racor or an equivalent. (with the clear bowl).
my dealer says well, there is a water sep in the engine-----and I say but its real hard to get to one the water as on back side of the engine.whats up with yamaha?
metal filters are $12.00 and the racor filters are $35.00…
26’ Twinvee Cat
Twin Suzuki 175’s
www.creeksidemetalworks.com
Thanks guys. Really thankful for all the info.
'08 Sea Pro 206cc
150 Verado
Where is a water seperator located on a boat? And do most newer boats already come with them?
'08 Sea Pro 206cc
150 Verado
On an outboard, it will be aft of course, mounted in the well area above deck. Try to locate it to protrct it from damage from sliding gear/accessories on the deck. Mount it so that you can drain it easily and also to be able to remove the assembly if necessary. Try to put quick disconnects on the head for ease of maintenance.
The requirements for using a metal bowl are for safety reasons. IF IF IF you install a plastic sight bowl you may be going against NMMA specifications, depending on how and where you install it. It is a ‘risk’. As I mentioned above, if you snap the little plastic drain fitting off of the bottom of the bowl you get gas in the boat (unless it is in a motor well or similar that drains overboard). It won’t be gallons of fuel. It will be the volume of fuel sitting in the filter (a couple of cups, maybe?). I keep a traditional non-sight-bowl style spare filter and filter wrench in the boat. If I really screw up and break the bowl or drain fitting, 'clean up the gas, remove the broken filter and spin on the spare.
Plastic, instead of metal does introduce some risk. However, given the configuration of my boat, if I break the plastic, I can easily handle a couple of cups of gas and replace the filter. It would spill into a well ventilated space that would be easily and safely cleaned up. Considering the problems I’ve had with water in the tank, I think the risk associated with the plastic sight bowl are substantially smaller than those associated with water-in-the-fuel problems.
17’ Henry O Hornet
26’ Palmer Scott
yamaha doesnt install the filters
boat manufacturers or dealers install them
the NMMA requirements for the metal are for inboards with a ingnition source in the bilge, but you can always install it in the splashwell etc…