Primer bulb issue

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by chrisrub

The last few times I used the boat, the primer bulb was nearly impossible to squeeze when first trying to start the boat. There was no fuel in the bulb so I know it wasn't already primed.

I have it set up as: Tank > Primer Bulb > Water Separator > Inline Filter on Engine > Fuel Pump

I removed the fuel hose from the water separator and the primer bulb operated flawlessly, easily pumping fuel into a gas can. I'm pretty sure that eliminates an issue pulling fuel from the tank.

It also took many attempts to get the boat running, but once running I had no problems going at idle or WOT for the rest of the day.

Anyone have a similar problem or have any suggestions?

I would switch the positions of the bulb and the water separator...it was like that on mine and never had any problems...the bulb should be the last thing before the engine IMHO...