no power when put in gear

pjone

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Aug 13, 2011
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hi went out today with my 40hp 1999 merc work fine for 5 mins then lost power i put it in nautral and it reved fine put it in gear no power until i pushed in the choke and kept doing this every 5 seconds pushing it in we done this for a hour then came in HELP
 

dlplost

Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Jun 6, 2008
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Re: no power when put in gear

open the vent on the gastank?
Fuel filter?
Fuel line squeeze bulb collapse, bad fuel line?
 

pjone

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Re: no power when put in gear

thanks for reply vent was def open we looked at fuel filter which was clean and as far as it looks fuel line looks ok.
 
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