Sombody may have hooked up the fuel lines like that just to keep dirt from getting in....I often do silly things like that...There is a lot of very good advice on here and some worthless...After a while you will start to recognize ones you can trust...Two that are always bang on are John Buckner and Grey Beard...If they tell you something they know what they are talikng about...Thanks for your time and effort Guys and everybody else too.....