re: Mercury outboard repair help

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Have you tried changing your fuel bulb, does it act like its losing prime?

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Bulb has been changed. When we ran it wide open and it would begin sputtering, i felt the bulb and started pumping it to see if it wasn't getting enough fuel. When I pumped, it would come back then sputter again. A friend thinks this is prime evidence of a possible corroded or collapsing fuel line from the tank which is under the floor that I haven't been able to check yet.