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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tazza" data-source="post: 103059" data-attributes="member: 82">I'd start with the simple, replace the main fuel filter first.A pressure gauge after the lift pump is a good idea actually. It will tell you if it's starving for fuel or not.Another way is to get a jug of fuel and some new fuel hose and by-pass the fuel tank. Use your new jug of fuel and hose, you may want a hand primer like you use on a boat to help prime the system. See how it runs like that, if it works well, the issue is further back the line to the tank.Yet another way is to install a hand primer in the system you have already, before the lift pump. Run the machine and when it boggs down, get someone to give the primer bulb a good squeeze, this will give your more fuel pressure and if it makes the engine recover, the issue is probably the lift pump.I'm with you, do all you can before paying that sort of price. You will learn something while at it too.</blockquote>