[bigdog]

Thanks everyone for the info. greatly appreciated !

Before last season I was able to drain my entire fuel tank less 5 gal. I then burned the gas in my cars w/o ANY problems whatsoever.
But the draining process was painful, and took me forever, wasn't easy to do!

What are people's thoughts about adding a bottle of 'HEET' to the gas at this time ? This product is suppose to extract water from fuel. It's basically a 'Dry Gas', but suppose to be 5x more effective than reg. drygas.

Also, 'BroadHopper' recommneded, checking the 'in-line' filter before the Carb.
I checked the fuel line where it connects to the Carb, and there is 'no filter' in that connection. Fuel/Water separating filter is connected to my electric fuel pump, from there the line connects directly to the Carb. No other fillters in between ? Should there be one there ? Maybe last time Carb was serviced, they didn't replace at that location ? If there is suppose to be one there to begin with ? Unsure?

Engine is Mercruiser 4.3LX
Not the 190hp 3bbl Carb version
Mine has a 4bbl Carb, creating 220hp

Thoughts?

Thanks,
BD