75 horse Mariner running rough and cutting off

starkyb

Petty Officer 1st Class
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Apr 21, 2007
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While driving out on the lake yesterday my motor just started running rough and cutting off when I put it in idle. I also noticed gas leaking out from under the motor cover. It was also very hard to start afterwards. I also noticed that the primer bulb would not get hard when I would try to restart it. The strangest thing is that when I would get it started it would ilde smoothly and run perfectly. I would cut the motor just to see if it would restart and it would on the first try. Sometimes I can run it and not have a problem all day and sometimes it acts like that at the launch ramp. Any ideas what it might be. The fuel line and bulb are brand new and will get rock hard almost all of the time. Please Help!!
 
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