Is air in the fuel filter ok in an outboard motor or is it a sign of another problem It's an '88 Merc 80 carburated and oil injected.?

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It's common for some air to appear at the top of a translucent plastic fuel filter. When you squeeze your primer bulb, this should change--squeezing the bulb will force more air into the filter at first, but then less and less will appear each time the gas level 'rebounds'. The carb on your engine does not draw from the very top of the filter; the feed for the fuel line outbound is usually deep inside than it looks.

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