3 MAJOR Problems With Jon Boat Gas Tanks

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11 ай бұрын

In this video we walk through 3 common problems people have with their outboard / jon bot motor's external gas tanks.
I'm not a pro mechanic and not an expert, always do your own research and always read the user manuals for your specific gas tank and outboard.
My Motor: 6HP Mercury 4 Stroke
My Jon Boat: 1984 12' Crawdad Flat Bottom
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@adventuresmadeeasyllc6032 2 күн бұрын

Thanks man

@tp-mh2ji 11 ай бұрын

I'm keeping all your tips in a file...easy to look-up when needed! 🎣

@Skinnyriver 11 ай бұрын

I really appreciate you saying that. Thanks!

@EricGaskamp 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video! I’ve had all these same problems with my portable fuel tank, especially here in Texas during the summer. Keep up the good work!

@Skinnyriver 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the view and comment! I appreciate the support

@fishingwithhonor2520 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing! 🐟🪝🎣

@Skinnyriver 5 ай бұрын

Thank you and thank you for your service

@fishingwithhonor2520 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome,@@Skinnyriver 🐟

@candoslayer 2 ай бұрын

Good tips on the tank itself

@Skinnyriver 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the view!

@Mascotal 10 ай бұрын

Take off the fuel cap and undo to screw holding it together. Pull out the rubber plug inside the cap. Your vent will now work as it should.

@Skinnyriver 10 ай бұрын

But then it’s no longer EPA compliant 🤣🤣 totally kidding

@mt_9076 Ай бұрын

You are NOT fully correct in your statements. There is a tank pressure relief valve in the system also . This doesn't allow the tank positive pressure to exceed more than 5 PSI.

@Skinnyriver Ай бұрын

You are correct

@mt_9076 Ай бұрын

Also, I want to add this about one of your vids on cooling water impeller replacement on a Tohatsu /Mercury 5 or 6 HP , 4-stroke outboard motor . You edited out the part where you fought like hell to get the drive shaft splines to engine, lower water pick-up tube to upper water pick-up tube, and the lower to upper gear shift linkage all aligned up together at the same time so the lower up will mate to the middle unit . 🤨 This is the trickiest / hardest part of water impeller inspection/replacement !

@Skinnyriver Ай бұрын

Dude, just watch a different channel, im just doing my best

@WeTheLeoFam Ай бұрын

How would you decide to get the 6 HP outboard *with* or *without* the internal gas tank?

@Skinnyriver Ай бұрын

I’d rather have an internal tank. Having one with internal tank and carrying a small 1 gallon emergency tank will get you almost any where you want to go. If you have a bigger boat the external tank maybe best, but it takes up a lot of space and is heavy

@andrewklahn7899 29 күн бұрын

Gas suspense from the heat internal pressure inside these cheap gas tanks will cause them to spend and could possibly blow up and killing somebody😊

@Skinnyriver 28 күн бұрын

💣

@candoslayer 2 ай бұрын

Have you seen born again boating on fuel stabilizers? He stated no to use them as all they do is mix the water with the fuel which in the long term can cause damage to the engine instead he says buy ethanol free gas for your boat .

@Skinnyriver 2 ай бұрын

Yeah I’ll check it out. I usually use ethanol free but sometimes use an ethanol treatment / stabilizer but it’s all probably a scam

@Pskiff18 8 ай бұрын

My motor bogged down on me last week after I filled my tank. Guy on the boat ramp said I over filled my tank causing some vent issues. Could that possibly be an issue for motor to be bogging down?

@Skinnyriver 8 ай бұрын

Man I haven’t heard that, it’s possible it created some weird suction issue preventing the vent from working and it starved your motor of gas. Fill it up less, try it again, if it doesn’t bog down then yeah it was a weird issue with the tank

@CEvalley 3 ай бұрын

Yeah i just bought a new gas tank (having these issues with it) and was doing some research and saw a couple of times where it was mentioned that you shouldn’t fill the gas tank all the way up

@Skinnyriver 3 ай бұрын

@CEvalley yeah good point, I had an issue where I filled it all the way up on a hot day and when I opened it, it shot gas everywhere

@CEvalley 3 ай бұрын

@@Skinnyriver Right…? And I know no one wants that. I bought the 6 gallon Attwood and the other day after I installed it the temperature got to 70 and it swelled up so damn big it was forcing fuel all the way through the carburetor and was pouring out the bottom of the cowl. Needless to say I wasn’t really pleased about that…. I live in central Alabama and it gets a little warmer than 70 here! As many people are posting complaining about that they really nee to address the problem before someone does get hurt.

@Skinnyriver 3 ай бұрын

Yeah I keep some head space (don’t fill it all the way up). The legal way to fix the issue is add a fuel demand valve. Others not “legal” lol is to leave the cap cracked or remove the rubber valve in the vent. I’m not suggesting the illegal methods 😅😅😅

@aarongonzalez7913 10 ай бұрын

What should I do if the fuel goes into my internal tank when I try to prime the engine with external tank ? Am I trying to prime too much

@Skinnyriver 10 ай бұрын

That generally means you internal gas tank valve is closed. You have to close it when you use the external tank

@aarongonzalez7913 10 ай бұрын

@@Skinnyriver thank you, I just tried this but it didn’t seem to work, the internal tank was half way full and after running it with my external tank connected it ends up being completely full, is this something I should be worried about? It even leaks gas out of the internal when I have the valve open

@aarongonzalez7913 10 ай бұрын

Just wondering if this is normal for the fuel to be pumped from the external to the internal, I don’t have much experience with these motors and wanna make sure everything’s good

@Skinnyriver 10 ай бұрын

@aarongonzalez7913 what motor do you have and what year is it?

@aarongonzalez7913 10 ай бұрын

@@Skinnyriver it’s a motor that came with a Bote rover I bought. Hidea 6hp, I read online that it’s basically the same thing as a Yamaha 6hp

@kd7jz 11 ай бұрын

I just leave the lid open a crack

@Skinnyriver 11 ай бұрын

Problem solved

@TopBananaMan 3 ай бұрын

I just bought a new tohatsu 9.8 I am reading through my owners manual. They recommend to use a filter to separate water. Have you tried that before? Or do you think a fuel stabilizer is enough to do the trick?

@Skinnyriver 2 ай бұрын

I just use a fuel stabilizer. It’s worked great. Biggest risk is long term storage, make sure you run it dry or use something like sea foam. I don’t have experience with ware separators, there is risk of condensation build up and other ways water can get in that these help with. But I just use stabilizer and try to cycle through the gas and not let it sit very long.