It's good to here it's normal because mine does the same thing. If can recall my 65hp mercury outboard did it also. That was an old 16' glastron fishing boat.
I think i might of had the same problem a couple of weeks ago when i turned it of the engine spuddered a little bit before it shut off, this was after i filled the gas tank from a 5 gallon plastic gas container the kind jet skiers use, i'm thinking maybe it got water or air in the tank? i'm...
The other day i was at a gas station in Corona California and i seen this 1958 wooden boat and this thing was freakin cherry. The sides where louvered white the stern was wooden stained and the winshield frame was also wooden stained. I wish i would of asked the Gentleman if i could take a picture.