Hello,
I have recently purchased a 5HP Mercury outboard to power my solo skiff. Using my internal tank, every time I run the tank dry, I refuel the tank and it just does not work -happened to me twice so far. First time I called up a friend who unplugged the fuel line from the fuel pump (manual fuel pump) checked that there was no fuel supply even with the fuel valve on. He sucked on the line and there you have it fuel again! that seemed to fix it the first time.
The second time i ran the fuel tank dry I was in deep ocean and as the motor powered down. I instinctively refueled it. To my shock it would not crank up. Tried the fuel line from the fuel pump thing drank a lot of gas but still did not start up. I took it today to the dealership and the mechanic unplugged the fuel line that was connected to the carb and just pulled on the rope and there you have it fuel back in business. He advised me not to rank the fuel tank dry or else this will happen again.
Question is which is confusing me, my motor is new why cant I just run the fuel tank dry without having any issues?
Cheers
I have recently purchased a 5HP Mercury outboard to power my solo skiff. Using my internal tank, every time I run the tank dry, I refuel the tank and it just does not work -happened to me twice so far. First time I called up a friend who unplugged the fuel line from the fuel pump (manual fuel pump) checked that there was no fuel supply even with the fuel valve on. He sucked on the line and there you have it fuel again! that seemed to fix it the first time.
The second time i ran the fuel tank dry I was in deep ocean and as the motor powered down. I instinctively refueled it. To my shock it would not crank up. Tried the fuel line from the fuel pump thing drank a lot of gas but still did not start up. I took it today to the dealership and the mechanic unplugged the fuel line that was connected to the carb and just pulled on the rope and there you have it fuel back in business. He advised me not to rank the fuel tank dry or else this will happen again.
Question is which is confusing me, my motor is new why cant I just run the fuel tank dry without having any issues?
Cheers