4.3 fuel issues

luremaker

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ok I have moved this post to see if any one out there can help.
I bought a 89 starcraft with out a motor started looking for a 4.3
manual fuel pump motor, but none to be found around me so I pick up a merc 4.3 90ish that had to have a electric fuel system so i up graded it and the issue I am haveing is that I can not draw fuel from the tank (not all the time) but this week end it ran a 100 yards and ran out of gas in the carb. So I pulled everything apart in the fuel system (on the water) and got it to start pumping gas put it back together and ran the lake. ran great till I I started to slow down then out of gas again.(wife wasn't happy) had to get it towed back to the ramp.I changed the anti syphin check ball and still did the same thing. I blow into the pick up tube and now the fuel is pumping. Is there a was to pull the pick up tube out and clean/replace them???
To day I drain the 22gal out of the tank and tried to clean any bite of junk in the tank in hopes to not pick and thing up to block the screen still would like to pull the pick up tube and really clean is out if I can??
 

acuraguy81

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Re: 4.3 fuel issues

maybe a long shot i have gotten new pumps that were bad maybe see if you can get a new on or swap what u have.
 

luremaker

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Re: 4.3 fuel issues

you know I put another one tonight and pumped out the tank and it was a hole lot faster.But I am not sure what the lbs are on this one could be 40 I just don't know and don't want to risk it. But you are right I may take it back and see what they will do on a replacement.
 
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