My first impression is to pull the carb off and look for something in the needle valve. I did notice that when I pushed the ignition switch in, nothing clicked and it had no impact on the running engine, is there an issue of the enrichener sticking open. I'm a pretty good OMC and Merc 2 stroke guy, but have very little experience with these 4 strokes. It will start eventually and then it runs ok for a few minutes and starts to spit and sputter and eventually shuts down. It will run fine with the throttle open and on plane.
Any help is very much appreciated.
Any help is very much appreciated.