[Rainmaker]

Islandrunner,
I think you are correct, unfortunately I didn't see your post until I was finished for the night.

I think I took care of this.

I drained the tank of its remaing 60 gallons of fuel without learning much. To get the siphon going I used forced air through the vent so I know it is not blocked. I did not see much in the tank that would cause any issue. I took another good look at the pick ups though and found that they were screwed in but had some goop on them so you could not tell. Someone must have thought they needed to seal them a little better. I pulled the pick up that I use and found it had some brown particles stuck in the screen. It was basically clogged all around the edges, the bottom hits the tank so it could easily get blocked. I blew it out and cleaned up the screen. I found it much easier to blow through once I cleaned it out. I think I am in good shape now. I did not remove the screen though. I suspect I will have this issue again at some point. Next time I will know where to start.

I have one more question. WHY would anyone put a screen there? I am running through 2 water seperators + an inline fuel filter (screen). I hope that one of those items will catch any debris that gets sucked up the fuel line. I think I should remove the screen from the pick up but I am not sure why it is there.

Has anyone ever had any issues after removing the screen? What have the rest of you done with the pick up screens?

The only thing I can think is that since the pick up reaches the tank bottom the screen acts as a little spacer so you don't suck the pick up onto the bottom of the tank. (I could shorten the hose by 1/32 of an inch and solve that potenial issue though.)

I still have to replace my racor and pull the new gas line as well as install the new ball I picked up for good measure. No big deal, but night came. I have not run the boat yet, but I suspect I found the gremlin.