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Old April 21st, 2007, 10:36 AM
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Default 85 20hp mariner wont stay running

I started the motor today it seemed to run fine. I took out to the river and started it. It ran for about a minute then stalled. I could not get it to restart. I sprayed a shot of starting fluid and it fired and ran for 1 second.
then I disconected the fuel line from the carb and sqeezed the primer ball
shot a little gas into the carb and it ran for a second. I played around with it for a while and then it ran fine for 15 minutes. Then it happend again.
Imessed around with it for awhile then it ran fine again for 15 minutes.


Any suggestions are greatly appreciated
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Old April 21st, 2007, 12:25 PM
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Default Re: 85 20hp mariner wont stay running

well there is definatley a fuel starvation going on in there somewhere try step by step illiminating process, is the breather open on the fuel tank
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