this is kinda long but I want to give as much info as possible, 2 years ago I popped a powerhead after 850 hrs , had the boat at a dealer whose name I won't mention for 2 months and they didn't even look at it, finally got pissed and told them look I need an estimate, although I already knew what it needed , I had 3 dead holes. finally john pulled the heads off and said yea you have 3 burnt pistons . He wanted 16000$ for a powerhead, Figured I would look around, found Blackbird motors in PA. complete rebuild was 7200$ in by 9 out by 5 awesome, pulled it from the place I had it and took it to PA, got it done. the dealer I pulled it from was all pissed that I didn't want to pay 16000$ for something I had done for 7200$ , I paid him 350$ for his time to take 2 heads off and say yea it f.......d give me 16000$. I started having fuel problems when I got it back it would just run out of fuel, ball would go soft, have to pump the crap out of it to start would run for about a quarter mild and shut off, time and time again. Now I have replaced everything from the fuel pickup to the motor, new line ,new fuel pump, both electric pumps, etc, still the first thing in the morning it will stall until you pump the shit out of the fuel bulb, then its fine for most of the day, I think you know where I'm going here, I think there's something in the tank thats not suppose to be there, maybe a plastic bag or maybe a shop rag etc. Now before I go down that road has anyone had anything like this, it is a 18 year old tr196, maybe a bad pickup tube , bad screen, ........... any ideas, my next step is to try to get the pickup out and look inside with a boroscope to see inside the tank which you guys know is next to impossible to get to....thanks in advance