engine keeps dying on me

[F16 1UB]

Originally Posted by flfireman

Mine was doing the same at start up and for the first few minutes of running. Fuel lines were clogged up with the inner liner. ethanol ate up the liner, so I was only getting a small portion of required fuel in. Pull the fuel lines and run a pipe cleaner or 9mm snake cleaner in it, you will be surprised on what comes out.

My 175 Opti would idle & die. Took it into the shop and they showed me the inner liner of the fuel hose. It almost "looked like" clear plastic. The gal at the service desk took her finger nail and scraped a small piece out. Chg'd line & instld fuel filter. Done Deal