Manifold Assy. Fuel return Pressure test valve problem

[BShafer]

3/2000 225 Fich
Mod# RE225FLSSH
SER# 004849949

The only clue that an issue was on the way was the morning start ups that seemed to be a little tougher than normal. Two days of fishing out of a 4 day trip the second day at the end of the day I went to start the engine up to head back the engine started up a hard start on the second try which isn’t normal for the afternoon and had a miss to it then the RPMs raced up to 2500-3000 so I shut it off before doing that I checked the hot foot throttle cable to make sure it wasn't sticking. I started it up again first try with no missing but it raced back up to 3000 RPMs again so I shut it off.

I trimmed up the motor to look at it and what I thought was water that came pouring out of the engine housing was found to be fuel. The MANIFOLD ASSY., Fuel return Pressure test valve was missing from the fuel line I found it in the bottom of the housing and placed it back into its spot hoping it would run to get me to a ramp. The engine wouldn't even turn over all I get now is a check engine light.
Any ideas of what caused this? I plan on getting it in to the shop but not until next week due to my schedule. It has had the retro to fix the burning/blowing off the cowling from the issue in the early 2000s

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[SEAHORSE]

That is not common but not unheard of. Some blame it on the ethanol in the fuels, but those motors were built for 10% alcohol for a lot of years. The ethanol problem rears its ugly head when phase separation occurs in the gas tank and some of the ehanol rich solution is drawn up into the fuel system along with the gas. That is then a super rich concentration of alcohol and that is what causes deterioration problems.

The fuel rail will have to be replaced.

[BShafer]

Thanks for the information. Wen you say fuel rail is that the same thing as the manifold assy. that is showm on the evinrude site under the parts? And the seperation that you spoke of concerns me, should I be doing compression checks to make sure nothing else let go from this fuel issue?