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Bringing this little ditty back to life. Today I went ice fishing and was leaking gas like a mad man. Should I order the fuel line kit that has the grommet or a whole new fuel tank kit? By the way the fishing was great.
Man...me and you both. Same Eskimo M43 Mako. I replaced my fuel line this fall since it was leaking and had the auger out for the first time last weekend. It started right away, but then wouldnt start after that. I think I probably flooded it, eventually got it started again, but gas was leaking from somewhere, it didn't look like it was coming from the fuel line. One of the posts in this thread implied the root cause for my issue was priming it too much. I'm going to watch it next time I go out. I'm now strictly using VP pre mix fuel, non ethanol.
One cause of "leaking" fuel with Eskimo gas augers is priming with the choke on. If you take the airbox cover and air filter off your auger, you'll see the that the priming fuel line is clamped right at the carb opening. But the sliding choke blade is UNDER it, so repeated priming with the choke on deflects the prime back into the air filter, where it eventually drips out the bottom of the airbox. Always prime with the choke off. Also, check the priming fuel line to ensure it's positioned correctly to spray the prime into the carb throat.Tight lines,Bob