Where does this hose connect?

[davidblaine]

I took the carb off my Stihl FS44 string trimmer and there is a hose coming off the gas tank, but where it runs to, I can't tell. When I took the screws out and removed the housing it was already lose, so I didn't remove it and am not sure where it goes. There are two other lines from the tank, a very short one to the primer bulb, and the main, filtered line to the carb. This must be either a vent or a return? I am attaching a diagram. The hose is number 12 and the connector is number 21. Can anyone advise where to route that? I don't see any obvious place on the carb.

 

[Mower King]

12 is the vent tube - 21 is the vent, it does not connect anywhere...they are usually run up vertical from the tank out of the way......it vents the tank.

 

[upupandaway]

12 is the vent tube - 21 is the vent, it does not connect anywhere...they are usually run up vertical from the tank out of the way......it vents the tank.

my "vent" leaked(thus no pressure) so i removed it and plugged it with a golf tee.

 

[PTmowerMech]

I took the carb off my Stihl FS44 string trimmer and there is a hose coming off the gas tank, but where it runs to, I can't tell. When I took the screws out and removed the housing it was already lose, so I didn't remove it and am not sure where it goes. There are two other lines from the tank, a very short one to the primer bulb, and the main, filtered line to the carb. This must be either a vent or a return? I am attaching a diagram. The hose is number 12 and the connector is number 21. Can anyone advise where to route that? I don't see any obvious place on the carb.

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Fuel filter to carb body. From the other carb outlet back to primer. Other primer nipple back to tank. The other, as @mower king stated, is a single line with a vent.

Primers suck fuel from the tank, through the carb then back to tank. You may already know that. But I remember when I first started working on these, thinking that the primer pushed fuel through the carb.

 

[PTmowerMech]

my "vent" leaked(thus no pressure) so i removed it and plugged it with a golf tee.

 

[Fish]

my "vent" leaked(thus no pressure) so i removed it and plugged it with a golf tee.

What color?

 

[davidblaine]

my "vent" leaked(thus no pressure) so i removed it and plugged it with a golf tee.

Thank you, that was my hunch since I know that gas won't come out of an unvented container unless it's somehow pressurized. Also kind of explains why I heard something light moving inside when I took the engine off and was taking the cover off, like something was already loose.

 

[davidblaine]

12 is the vent tube - 21 is the vent, it does not connect anywhere...they are usually run up vertical from the tank out of the way......it vents the tank.

Thank you sir!