04OUTBACK
03-25-2007, 09:47 PM
Friday afternoon, I went by and picked up my 04 Outback at my storage. Filled her up with fuel (which is another challenge I'll address in a minute) and drove home. Saturday we went to the lake and put about 1.5 hours on her... loaded on trailer and went to the house. later after washing/drying, I walked out and smelled gas... I first thought it was a passing by vehicle, then I noticed a drip at back corner of boat... I loosened the gas cap and fuel came out at a much faster pace... the Fill neck was slam full...overflowing out.... Go figure... The boat was parked on the street in front of my house and naturally, most streets taper to the sides for drainage so there MIGHT have had 5 Degrees of angle...not enough to push a 3/4 full tank of gas out like that... One engine anomaly that I noticed while running... she did get a little sluggish cranking and idling... could there be a Fuel Vent issue? some reason causing pressure in the tank to push fuel up the filler neck? After opening the gas cap and putting it back on, I towed to my storage and opened again there and no fuel then...???? I did not think much about the sluggish cranking and idling... until the fuel pressure...
The earlier issue about filling with fuel... this is one I gotta tackle... When fueling up at gas pump, gas splashes back about every 0.10 gallons! It takes forever to fill up.. I had this on the forum awhile back.. It seems the filler neck hose has a kink/crimp in it... I gotta check that one out. The guy I bought the boat from pointed the problem out and said his selling dealer told him it was normal... no problems.. IT IS A PROBLEM.. I forgot how much over winter... Suggestions appreciated..
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The earlier issue about filling with fuel... this is one I gotta tackle... When fueling up at gas pump, gas splashes back about every 0.10 gallons! It takes forever to fill up.. I had this on the forum awhile back.. It seems the filler neck hose has a kink/crimp in it... I gotta check that one out. The guy I bought the boat from pointed the problem out and said his selling dealer told him it was normal... no problems.. IT IS A PROBLEM.. I forgot how much over winter... Suggestions appreciated..
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BW