After the original post I have tried some other things to rule out a fuel feed issue. I got a new primer bulb and fuel line. Connected it to a 2 gallon tank. Put in 1.2 gallons of ethanol free 90 octane and a bottle of Seafoam. Idled the engine for 10 minutes. Let it sit for 10 minutes. Then ran...
On a recent fishing trip to Minnesota my outboard's water intake had become plugged with sand. The overtemp alarm went off and I shutdown right away.
I went to shore on the trolling motor.
After flushing the lower unit, it was idling well and had a good pee stream.
However, when trying to get on...