Sorry, I should have gone into a little more detail than that. About the fuel pump, I don't know too much. If it has a diaphragm in the fuel pump, that would definitely be worth a looksee for any tears or holes, etc. I know ethanol fuel can weaken them if they are made of certain materials. Also if there are check valves at the points where the fuel line enters and exits the pump, they can go bad and cause fuel to not be delivered properly-I think- as I say, I don't know too much about the pumps and how they work. I have, though, had some experience with the float tabs and float levels in both outboards I have had, and some motorcycles. I think it would definitely be worth looking at. I hope the carb isn't too much a pain to get off. On the float, there is (I guess there is on a Johnson 25 float) there should be a little "tab" that contacts the needle to basically, I guess you could say, allow the needle to open (float drops down) and allow fuel to flow, or close into the seat to shut off the flow of fuel as the carb bowl fills and the float rises. That tab needs to be adjusted just right. With the carb off and upside down on your work bench, (or kitchen table), with the bowl removed, the needle will naturally be in the closed or shut off position, seated in the needle seat. Slowly lower the float until the tab JUST touches the needle. Don't let go of it, at this point, the float should be perfectly parallel, or level you might say, to the carb body. If it is sticking up on the end opposite the tab, then you need to carefully, with a pair of needle nose pliers, bend that tab up slightly. If the float is slumping down, unlevel at the point that it touches the needle (which, if I am thinking right, would be the "too much fuel" scenario) then the tab needs to be bent the other way until the float is perfectly parallel with the flat surface of the carb body when it just touches the needle. That's the only way I know to explain it. If all this is as clear as mud, you can google some of these terms and maybe find some pictures of the procedure. It's not hard, really, although I probably didn't explain it too well. I hope this helps, and forgive me TK if this kind of stuff is not welcome in the "fishing" section of the forum, or maybe not cool to post at all ? Hope not. I haven't been on board too long, and may not know protocol well. Thanks, and good luck with it. If you want to look there are some good mechanical forums out there that can be really helpful, like iboats.com and Thehulltruth.com are a couple that I can think of.
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