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Several years ago I bought an older boat with a 150 Yamaha, I found out
after several runs offshore that there was trash in the fuel tank because
the filter kept plugging up in choppy water. I told a friend that I was
going to get a bunch of larger universal fuel filters and just throw them
away until I get all the trash out of the fuel tank. The guy said not to
use
paper filters because it filters the oil out of the gas. Is that true? Has
anyone else heard of that?
Thanks
Gary

Hogwash.

Even if it did trap oil first, it could only hold so much, and then it would
let the rest pass.

I've used paper filters since 1970, on many outboards...no problems.

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