Has anyone ever heard of cracked fuel lines admitting air, thus causing the oil/gas mix to be upset? The previous owner of my boat said he thinks this is why his plugs were fouling fairly rapidly.
I'll be replacing the fuel lines anyway, but I wonder if there is any chance he could be correct about cracked fuel hose being the cause of this problem. Do the automatic oil mixers ever get messed up and inject too much oil? Or could this fouling business be a result of poor combustion? I have to replace or fix the stator and/or voltage regulator. Previous owner told me the engine did not charge the batteries during the one season he ran the boat and I have no idea whether he knows the stator is bad or if it's a guess. Someone told me that running a good sized outboard straight off of batteries that aren't very peppy is going to give a lot less pop at the spark plug. Though I will find out the answers to these questions as I get each item fixed, I'm just wondering what the most likely culprit for fast fouling plugs might be. Any thoughts will be welcome and appreciated!
Win
I'll be replacing the fuel lines anyway, but I wonder if there is any chance he could be correct about cracked fuel hose being the cause of this problem. Do the automatic oil mixers ever get messed up and inject too much oil? Or could this fouling business be a result of poor combustion? I have to replace or fix the stator and/or voltage regulator. Previous owner told me the engine did not charge the batteries during the one season he ran the boat and I have no idea whether he knows the stator is bad or if it's a guess. Someone told me that running a good sized outboard straight off of batteries that aren't very peppy is going to give a lot less pop at the spark plug. Though I will find out the answers to these questions as I get each item fixed, I'm just wondering what the most likely culprit for fast fouling plugs might be. Any thoughts will be welcome and appreciated!
Win
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