I hope I can go to a service dealer Monday. I am in Greece so things are not easy to get. I hope he has the parts to renovate the carb. I hoped bending the needle holder a bit could help but it didn't. The carb only contains les petrol. The story continues Monday. It also explains why the engine...
I am afraid non of these things. Everything checked, new fuel etc. I am thinking of the direction of a worn fuel stop needle (or however it is called).
I have a mercury 5hp 2 stroke from 2000.
It needs more gas then normal to keep it running (the idle screw is not sufficient enough). The carburator is cleaned. The strange thing is that when I take the fuel line off (external tank) it runs like it should till the carb is empty. I checked the...