Merc 9.8hp (110) 1974 cold starting is hard

Uniqo

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Got this outboard recently, looks good. Due to rain every weekend still did not get a chance to test it in the water. I tested it twice in a barrel, I needed to pull like 20-30 times to start the motor, on low RPM it was somewhat unstable until the motor was running for 5-10 minutes.

1. What suggestions you have for me as far as starting the motor quicker? fix/replace/inspect? (used fresh 87oct gas 1:50 with marine oil 2 strock)

2. Not sure if this is okay or not but when i keep pumping gas I can see it is coming out (spill) of the line. Is this normal?

Thank you.:cool:
 
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