Where is the vent outlet on the tank? At the front or rear of the tank? It could be air locking. Also do you have an elbow at the tank? Some have back flow preventers and some just get clogged very easily. We pulled bumble bees out of the elbows on my Sportsman when it kept dieing on us.
If you think the tank is very dirty you may have to do what i did to my 250 Sportsman, cut a 6" circle through the tank and clean it manually. I had to pull 50 gallons of fuel out of the tank and then filled it with water before cutting. I pumped all the water out and flushed it with the garden hose and let it dry for a day. I then took a piece of 1/8" aluminum and used gasket paper to seal the hole back up. The only problem i have had since then is water getting into the tank due to a piss poor design. The overflow was getting flooded in rough water.
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1983 V-20 capsized. . . . in the garage.
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