I have a 2002 Evinrude 225 HO, the test fitting on the drawing below worked it's way loose and it was spraying fuel all over the place, i put it back in good and the leak's gone. should i loctite it or do something else to it? Thanks, Brad
I have a 2002 Evinrude 225 HO, the test fitting on the drawing below worked it's way loose and it was spraying fuel all over the place, i put it back in good and the leak's gone. should i loctite it or do something else to it? Thanks, Brad
2019 Phoenix 921 Pro XP/2019 Mercury 250 Pro XS 4 Stroke
2019 Phoenix 921 Pro XP/2019 Mercury 250 Pro XS 4 Stroke
First of all, DON'T use the motor and DON'T repair the fitting. It is not repairable. The joint between the brass Schraeder valve and the plastic T has been compromised. The brass Schraeder valve WILL pop out again.
I have two 2002 225s and on one of them the Schrader valve popped out of the plastic T last summer while I was putting into an anchorage disabling the motor and spraying fuel. Thankfully I had a second motor.
This is a common problem that is apparently caused by Ethanol in the fuel causing the plastic T to swell. When it swells, the T loses its grip on the brass Schraeder valve and the whole valve fitting pops out of the T under pressure.
My dealer was aware of this problem as he showed me a basket full of failed pressure test T fittings. Evinrude is apparently aware of this problem because the pressure test fitting has been redesigned.
The fix is fairly simple but must be done by your dealer. What they do is disconnect the line at the lower part of the vapor separator and cut the return fuel line at the top of the old T fitting. Then they insert the newly designed T fitting which has a short section of tube and a new connector in the existing return line and connect the connector the the vapor separator.
I just had the pressure test fitting on the other motor changed out as a precaution. Looks like it should take no more than about 10 minutes to fix.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Whaler27 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">First of all, DON'T use the motor and DON'T repair the fitting. It is not repairable. The joint between the brass Schraeder valve and the plastic T has been compromised. The brass Schraeder valve WILL pop out again.
I have two 2002 225s and on one of them the Schrader valve popped out of the plastic T last summer while I was putting into an anchorage disabling the motor and spraying fuel. Thankfully I had a second motor.
This is a common problem that is apparently caused by Ethanol in the fuel causing the plastic T to swell. When it swells, the T loses its grip on the brass Schraeder valve and the whole valve fitting pops out of the T under pressure.
My dealer was aware of this problem as he showed me a basket full of failed pressure test T fittings. Evinrude is apparently aware of this problem because the pressure test fitting has been redesigned.
The fix is fairly simple but must be done by your dealer. What they do is disconnect the line at the lower part of the vapor separator and cut the return fuel line at the top of the old T fitting. Then they insert the newly designed T fitting which has a short section of tube and a new connector in the existing return line and connect the connector the the vapor separator.
I just had the pressure test fitting on the other motor changed out as a precaution. Looks like it should take no more than about 10 minutes to fix.
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thank you very much for the info, i appreciate it.........
2019 Phoenix 921 Pro XP/2019 Mercury 250 Pro XS 4 Stroke
No problem. I think Evinrude should do a recall for these failing Ts because it would seem to me that spraying fuel under the cowling woudl be a dangerous situation.
I've said it here before but I URGE everyone that has a Ficht with the old Schrader style pressure test fitting to check them or have them checked and if in doubt just get it replaced.
Whaler, could this also be a problem on the 03 225 and 04 225HO?
I don't know but suspect that because the new test port doesn't look like a Schrader valve that you see on a bicycle or car tire that any DI outboard that has the test port that looks like a Schrader valve could be at risk where ever ethanol is added to the fuel.
I understand that part of the problem is that while there are supposed to be limits to how much ethanol can be added to gas (10 percent) and that the old port might be designed to tolerate that, the amount of ethanol that is actually added to gas can vary quite a bit from batch to batch at the gas station. So you may get a batch of gas with much more than 10 percent ethanol and that could cause problems.
I wasn't willing to take a chance on the other motor that hasn't had a problem so far so I just had the dealer replace the test port last week with the redesigned port that I had on the other motor.
I think we are just starting to see how damaging ethanol can be to lots of things.
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