Q: fuel

asked by on August 02, 2016

I hooked up a boat tank with in line fuel pump to tbi 2.5 runs well for a while then dies. if I take fuel line off at carb and let pump run for a min then put it back it runs again for a while any suggestions
My car has an automatic transmission.

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