1995 5 hp mercury

fishdan

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1995 5 hp mercury - serial # od981142 . has not been run in about a year , will start and run but have to choke engine every time i start it and won't idle . pull and pull and it won't start. choke it and will start every time. it's like it runs out of gas .i have put new gas in tank. when i quit useing last year it ran great no problems . cleaned carb ,put on new filter, new plug , new fuel line, could it be the fuel pump.
 

sutor623

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Re: 1995 5 hp mercury

Fuel pump you say? Sure could. Its worth changing the diaphram. Did you clean the carb this year or last? I had a Merc 4.5 that only ran with the choke on. Turned out to be a clogged carb.
 

fishdan

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Re: 1995 5 hp mercury

I have taken carb apart cleaned this year. Diaphrams on order.
 
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