Rerouted fuel line...too much to lift?

aschubert

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Bought Tracker 04 40 ho 2 stroke merc. Had terrible fuel run through. Took every line off, cleaned out fuel pump, new bulb, ect. One short hose had preformed bends in it. I could not replicate it without pinching off the fuel, so I ran line over the top of the engine from the fuel pump and down the other side. Boat ran fine for 2 mins, now bogs down to near idle. Am I asking too much of the vacuum?
 

airshot

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When it starts to die out just squeeze the inline ball, if it comes back to life then the vacuum might be an issue, but if it still bogs down then fuel pump is not the issue.
 
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