Mercury Quiksilver Fuel Tank Pickups

[gerry11m]

Hi all, I have two 22 litre Plastic Gasoline tanks as the main fuel storage for the Avon SR5dt4.

These are genuine Mercury/Quicksilver tanks, maybe 5 years old, red in colour, plastic handle across the top. The quick connect fitting is molded into a plastic fitting which has 4 screws holding it to the tank and a clear plastic level indicator (small yellow indicator within the window).

I recently thought to remove the plastic pickup-gauge fitting, to check the tank for any debris/sludge/bacteria etc.

I was pretty surprised to find that the internal plastic pickup pipe had fallen into the bottom of the tank 1. The pickup fell off with a tiny amount of hand pressure on tank 2, plus the plastic pickup tube was severely kinked. There is no apparent clamping method to attach the pickup tube to the plastic assembly.

I mananged to get one new replacement pickup-gauge assembly via a Barrus reseller (French Marine Motors -very helpful), the other is on back order. Note also that the pickup assemblies do not come with a replacement rubber gasket and this is very likely to tear when removing/replacing the pickup assembly.

Obviously any of these faults will cause the engine to suck vapour and not fuel. Anyone with these tanks, beware!

Regards
Gerry

[gerry11m]

here is a library picture of the tanks

[Searider]

At least the pickups can be bought as a spare part - I was pleasantly surprised with my Yamaha tanks. However I can't understand how the pickup can be cheaper than a kill cord!

[gerry11m]

Here is a library picture of the pickup assembly.

The clear plastic tube develops a kink and falls off its attachment to the plastic tanktop fitting.

Quicksilver 859066A3 Pick Up Assembley

[gerry11m]

Originally Posted by Searider

At least the pickups can be bought as a spare part - I was pleasantly surprised with my Yamaha tanks. However I can't understand how the pickup can be cheaper than a kill cord!

Not much consolation when the engine cuts out at sea due to vapour lock.

Seems to me to be a poor design (choice of plastic and attachement)

[Fenlander]

Hmm... think I may be looking at mine this weekend.

[gerry11m]

Hi, does anyone have a recommendation for 2 off 6 US Gallon tanks (notional 22 litres each).

I want something that goes forward in the boat and will not fail internally due to shock loads or fuel related.

Not worried about fuel hose connection so long as it has a standard 1/4" NPT female thread. I would also like a gauge that actually works!

Thanks

NB, been asking around and the Quicksilver fuel pickup pipe failure does not seem to be that uncommon

[Nick Hearne]

Originally Posted by gerry11m

Hi, does anyone have a recommendation for 2 off 6 US Gallon tanks (notional 22 litres each).

I want something that goes forward in the boat and will not fail internally due to shock loads or fuel related.

Not worried about fuel hose connection so long as it has a standard 1/4" NPT female thread. I would also like a gauge that actually works!

Thanks

NB, been asking around and the Quicksilver fuel pickup pipe failure does not seem to be that uncommon

I have one of these on my SR4 with no complaints

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[aoutram]

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone could provide some information on a similar query... I have 2 similar tanks that used to feed an ancient mariner 150 outboard, when we upgraded a few years ago to a Yamaha V6200 we kept the quicksilver fuel tanks and the pickup assy on one of the tanks is broken at the coupling. I cannot for the life of me find a replacement pickup assy... reason being that this tank has a circular screw seal guage/assy as opposed to the square bolt pickup which seems to come as standard. I'd rather not change the tanks/line connections- anyone know where I can find replacements (NOTE: These tanks were bought in Uganda years ago secondhand, unsure what country they were originally retailed in) Images attached.

[Fenlander]

Hi aoutram and welcome to the forum.

At the moment I can't see your images.