Don’t think you would be able to siphon it, I could not, I was told there is some kind of anti valve in the tank that prevents it, I even tried to use a pump but only got very little out each time.
Mine was a 2006 250 Yamaha that had not been ran but once in two years so I was scared to run it without a full checkup and glad I did. I would recommend taking it to someone and have some maintenance done and a checkup before running it, a clogged injector could end up causing some very expensive damage.
Better safe than sorry. I had all new filters installed and had all injectors pulled and serviced, two of mine were 60% clogged and would have caused a failure at some point.
Make sure it’s operating properly before running it a lot if it sat up for a long time.
VERY WISE WORDS!
A soon as that motor hiccuped one time, I would have shut it down. A dirty injector is a lean cylinder. A lean cylinder is a blown power head. Big money. Don’t let it get that far.
It could also be one of the 5 fuel filters inside the engine cowling. The main on the front, the inline, the inside of the VST tank, the one with the “Y” fitting, and one other one. Also each injector may have a fuel filter inside.
I bought my boat with 42 hours in it…14 years old. I immediately spent $800 getting the filters, changing the oil, having the fuel tanks emptied and “scrubbed”, installed a Raycor filter, and had the injectors cleaned.
That was me doing the labor on everything but the injector cleaning.
Great deals are good, but plan on doing a complete service.
