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I have a mercury 5hp 2 stroke from 2000.
It needs more gas then normal to keep it running (the idle screw is not sufficient enough). The carburator is cleaned. The strange thing is that when I take the fuel line off (external tank) it runs like it should till the carb is empty. I checked the...