Patent ID: 6030262
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: F02B,F02M

Abstract:
A fuel system arrangement for an engine positioned in a cowling of an outboard motor, said engine having a first end and a second end and comprising a cylinder block, a cylinder head connected to said cylinder block at said first end of said engine and cooperating with said cylinder block to define at least one combustion chamber, a crankcase positioned at said second end of said engine, an intake system for providing air to said combustion chamber, said intake system including at least one intake runner extending along a side of said engine defined between said first and second ends of said engine, said runner having a passage therethrough leading to a passage extending through said cylinder head to said combustion chamber, said fuel system including a fuel supply unit for delivering fuel from a fuel supply to at least one charge former, said charge former arranged to provide fuel to said combustion chamber for combustion therein, said fuel supply unit including, at least, first pump means, a vapor separator, said first pump means drawing fuel from said fuel supply and delivering it to said vapor separator and second pump means for delivering fuel from said vapor separator to said at least one charge former, said fuel supply unit positioned at one of said first and said second ends of said engine.