My kicker motor (5hp Mercury branded Tohatsu four stroke) starts but stalls shortly after. Usually, it will not continue running after I push the choke button back in.
Once I was able to get it to run for several minutes. I had twisted the tiller grip to wide open trottle and pushed the choke almost all the way in. I am not sure what that does in terms of throttle plate position. It ran for several minutes with the RPMs continually increasing and decreasing.
If I prime the bulb, I see fuel dripping out of a drain line. I assume that this is from an overflow port in the carburator.
I tried replacing the spark plug. I had had similar issues in the past and was told that that was the solution.
Does anyone have any other ideas on the cause? Fuel filter?
Thanks in advance.