'90-'91 Nissan 5HP Fuel Tank Recall

Rye Gewalt (ryeg@vais.net)
Fri, 05 Feb 1999 06:26:15 -0500


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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In the process of looking for a good price on a Nissan motor on the net
(not particularly successful) I came across the following item. Perhaps
some of you have '90-'91 motors that haven't yet exploded in a fire ball
of leaking gas and could use a new fuel tank....

>From Consumers Reports Web Page:
http://www.consumerreports.org/Recalls/Reports/all/Nissan5-hpoutboardengine90-91.html

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Nissan 5-hp outboard engine '90-'91
Fuel tank could leak, creating fire hazard.

Models:
engines made 9/90-11/91.

What to do:
Have dealer replace metal fuel tank with plastic one.
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Regards
Rye Gewalt
'90 HMS18 Springfield, VA