Fuel supply system mounting structure for an outboard motor

Abstract

The present invention disposes a fuel pump and a fuel filter in an efficient layout for compact construction of the components around the engine, while improving the convenience of a fuel hose piping that connects between the fuel pump and the fuel filter, in an outboard motor equipped with a four-cycle engine. An embodiment of the present invention provides an outboard motor having a four-cycle engine installed therein in the longitudinal direction with a crank shaft thereof disposed vertically, a fuel pump 26 is mounted on one side face of a cylinder head 6 of the engine 2, and a fuel filter 27 is mounted on the opposite side face. Fuel hose joints 26a and 27a of the fuel pump 26 and of the fuel filter 27 are installed in a direction toward the head cover 7 side of the engine 2.

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