1987 140 V4..

[nymack66]

You guys are awesome; I made a critical mistake when bolting up the air silencer (cover in front of carburetors) during the re-jetting of carburetors two weeks ago. I accidentally severed one of the two tiny hose coming from primer solenoid into the block directly behind the carburetors it was caught between the cover and the block and was completely cut in two pieces.
You are correct in regards to the hoses, I did an observation on the engine during the fix today; I blow compress air through the choke of course I am still tasting gas in my mouth.
I am optimistic I will get a better start and idle since it was properly sucking in air via the severed hose.
I will post an update tomorrow since I take it out running again.
Also since I swap in the correct lower unit, I examined the plugs for the firs time since running it successfully last weekend, plugs look excellent definitely not fouled as it did in the past.
I will monitor for the clicking and assumed it doing what it was suppose to do.
Dammed little part is about 150, if not I would have swap it.