If you pull the hose off, you can look into the riser with some simple "looking" tools and see how clear it is..

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The cast risers our iron (or aluminum) then to gunk up more than the bronze ones that Yanmar offers as an option on some of their engines. The bronze units supposedly are worth the money.

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She's ALIVE!
- GREAT!!!!
- Grasshopper. The Yanmar can feel your thoughts. Tread lightly and thank her every day. She will reward you
- Good job Gene!
- Excellent!
- It's never a good thing to have spare parts
  - Not "extra parts," but intentional spares.
    - To illustrate the point...
- Cool, now you know everything there is to know about your fuel system
  - That's the best part of troubleshooting the problem to the extent he has.
- :^))))
- Nice! They are hard to kill.
  - Yeah, I got that when it fired right up...
- A question Gene,,,, was there any indication something was wrong ahead of time?
  - No, not really... but I have only owned the boat a couple of years.
    - Gene, I'd change that oil at least once a year, regardless of hours. If you have a season, it would at the end.
      - Good idea
    - Kind of like a guy ready to have a heart attack.
      - If you pull the hose off, you can look into the riser with some simple "looking" tools and see how clear it is..
- good good good!

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