I had a similar problem with my Yamaha 70 on a cabin cruiser I owned in Germany. It is very disconcerting to lose power on a swiftly flowing river like the Donau (danube). The mechanic at the marina said it was water combining with fuel additives that created the gel. Let me assure you, it is a lot easier to dump, clean and refill an outboard tank than than two 70 liter built in tanks. Ron M17 #14 Griselda > From: seagray@embarqmail.com> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:02:56 -0400> Subject: M_Boats: Yellow flem in my fuel line> > I have found something I can't explain. I have a brand new Tohatsu 6 with a > brand new tank and brand new fuel line. The last two times I took Seafrog > out, I had trouble pumping fuel to the engine. I disconnected the fuel line > from the engine, pushed in the springloaded release and pumped. Nada. Then > I disconnected it at the tank thinking the fuel pickup wasn't down into the > fuel. That's when I saw this yellow thick flem in the pickup tube. I shook > it out and replaced the fuel line into the tank. I pumped the bulb while > holding in the springloaded valve and it pumped out more of this yuck. The > gas is fresh. Is there a possibility that this is an ethanol issue?> Joe> Seafrog M-17 > > > _______________________________________________> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _________________________________________________________________ Store, manage and share up to 5GB with Windows Live SkyDrive. http://skydrive.live.com/welcome.aspx?provision=1?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive...