by Anonymous on September 29th, 2008

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My outboard had new carb. kit just installed, has new lines, new tank, but the fuel pump has a seal with little holes or worn out, i ran it 2 days ago and it ran smooth for a while and started to like choke. What could it be?

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by Anonymous on November 16th, 2008
Depending on your brand of motor. Mercury had fuel pumps with small "nickle" sized rubber check valves in them. With a leak in one of those it could cause engine to have choking condition. If you know you have bad parts in fuel pump get a repair kit and rebuild fuel pump.
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