HELP! Fuel issues crushing primer bulb under vacuum

[Shrek]

Originally Posted by cterrebonne

boat looks awesome!

Thanks Case, how you getting along with my old girl?

UPDATE: After draining the tank completely (again) and removing about 3 gallons of water from the bottom, I took the boat out for the first time last Saturday. It was not as bad as before, but still more of the same. The primer bulb never collapsed this time, but the more fuel I burned, the more performance degraded. By the end of our day, I'd burned 15 gallons and while the boat never stalled and was not burping and farting as it was before, it did not have enough power to get on plane. I changed the fuel filter again and there was more particulate material and some water in it, but not as bad as before. I'm at a loss. This week I am going to buy an electric fuel pump, a second fuel filter and separate water separator, intake from the pickup and return into the vent. See what we get.