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That was my first thought, too, but there is nothing more I can do to increase fuel flow. It does have a fuel pump diaphragm on the bottom. I replaced the diaphragm when I rebuilt the carb. There is no way to tweak the float needle contact point like on a square body diaphragm carb so it’s as good as it gets. I figure it is a lawn mower engine after all. It wasn’t really meant to run at low speed. Besides, it doesn’t have any thrust under half throttle so it won’t get run down that low very often.
On a side note, this isn’t a very well built or designed Outboard. Everything feels cheap and looks like it would break quite easily. It also cost $4 more than an OMC 3 hp when new. It’s no surprise they failed.
Wayne
Upper Canada Chapter
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