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Originally Posted by Brad123D
Lately my 1984 123 has seemed to have fuel starvation symptoms, so I remove the fuel line at the tank and get just a dribble (with the tank cap loose). Has to be clogged. So i need to pull the tank screen (and I had just recently put a good shot of fuel in it.)
Also, my tank vent was clogged ...I think by a mud daubing wasp. Opened that up and put screen material over it so it can't happen again.
Now to the main question- Has anyone here tried removing the tank screen and just using another external inline filter ?
I'm thinking about doing this and can't think of a reason why it would not work, but am I missing something ? What think ye ?
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I think it's not a great idea.
The tank screen is doing it's job fine and its been in there for 20+ years.
If you pull the tank screen and clean it, you can re-install it for another 20 years with probably no issues.
If you have an active fungus issue, that needs to be addressed either with tank enzyme treatment or pulling the tank and having it steam cleaned.
dd
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