I'm having a fuel problem with my motor. Last summer I incurred this problem I can't figure out and was hoping to get help here. The boat has always ran great, no problems ever. I have always disconnected the gas line and ran the motor completely out of gas before taking it out of the water. Last summer the boat was running good as usual, All of the sudden it was like someone turned the gas off. I went to the bulb and it was soft, I pumped it but it would never get hard. I had my son - in - law stay back there and pump the bulb till we made it back to the launch. I use to pump the bulb up before I put attached the gas line to the motor because the tank would condensate and I could let the water of the gas before I plugged it on to the motor. The bulb won't get hard anymore and the old gas line was collapsed so I thought it was the bulb and the gas line, so I went and bought a new gas line and bulb assembly. Should I be able to pump the bulb and it get hard before I attach it to the motor? Wouldn't that tell me if it's in the tank or the carbs? I'm new at working on outboards so I really don't know where to start. I need a little advice on where to start. I took it to the lake yesterday. The boat starts fine, idles fine, runs fine at about 1/4 speed or trolling, but at about half or 3/4 speed it runs out of gas. And the bulb never gets hard.