Woodstock
Senior Member
I bought a new 10' AB RIB in early 2020 and put a new 15hp Tohatsu motor on it. Spent a month getting it prepped for the boat including installing a new fuel line and tank (with ethanol free gas) that was in a bow compartment of the RIB. Ran it one time on a hose in the driveway last April and it ran great. When covid hit last spring we put our travel plans on hold so the dinghy sat until today. I started it up today and it cranked right up but died after about 20 seconds. After investigating, the fuel in the engine was dark red almost bordering on molasses color. But the fuel in the tank looked normal so I was able to bleed the bad fuel out of the hose and the engine and get it running. So it appears that only the gas that sat in that new fuel line is what went bad. Is this just a bad fuel line? What would cause this?