1997 2 stroke Mercury outboard stalls on starting

[PortageLakesMary]

Engine fires but stalls out like it is starved for gas. Cleaned fuel filter, changed plugs. Is this a carb or fuel pump issue. Best way to diagnose? No gas seeping out when you squeese fuel primer bulb.

 

[northvanwatertaxi]

Re: 1997 2 stroke Mercury outboard stalls on starting

have the same problem

 

[mercerfisherman]

Re: 1997 2 stroke Mercury outboard stalls on starting

Are you sure the primer bulb arrow is facing towards the engine and not reversed? You might have a bad check valve in your primer bulb. Not quite sure what you mean when you say "gas not seeping out when primer bulb is squeezed."

 

[PortageLakesMary]

Re: 1997 2 stroke Mercury outboard stalls on starting

Are you sure the primer bulb arrow is facing towards the engine and not reversed? You might have a bad check valve in your primer bulb. Not quite sure what you mean when you say "gas not seeping out when primer bulb is squeezed."

 

[PortageLakesMary]

Re: 1997 2 stroke Mercury outboard stalls on starting

The arrow on primer bulb is pointing correctly. One of the repair books I got from the library said to check to see if gas is coming out around the carb when you squeeze the bulb-- it isn't. Engine will fire up, run for a few seconds then die out like it isn't getting any gas.

 

[05GlastronSX]

Re: 1997 2 stroke Mercury outboard stalls on starting

when you squeeze the bulb does that keep it from stalling? If so, you need to rebuild your fuel pump.