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Okay I made some headway on my problem. As you know, I have swapped and replaced a ton of things on my outboard and including the wiring harness. My hds had several parameters that were out of spec and all point to a rich fuel problem. The one thing I hadn't checked was the fuel pressure, partly because I had a brand new HP pump and new filters and the low pressure pump and regulator are 2.5 years old. I bought a fuel pressure gauge from harborfreight and my fuel pressure was 90 psi, the helm says 41-48 psi. I had a used regulator and swapped it and now have 65 psi. I saw in the shop manual that there is a screen on the fuel rail under the fuel pressure regualtor..So I removed regulator and cleaned screen with carb cleaner and now have 32 psi...lol..now it's low..I also noticed that the fuel filter bowl on the engine was only about 1/3 full, I squeezed the primer bulb and it filled, but didn't raise fuel pressure. After a little while fuel bowl went back down to 1/3...I'm going to changed fuel regulator, I think that may get me to 40 psi, but what is my issue with low fuel in bowl? BTW I am no longer getting a "1" or check engine light I hope this helps someone
Yes, the LP fuel filter bowl..ok, I will check that today. Thanks!