engine dies and needs choke to start

[adrianinflorida]

According to the manual, 2.7 Gallons in the "On" setting and 0.8 Gal in "Reserve" for a total of approx 3.5 Gal. Of whic 3.3-3.4 is probably useable.

If you put in 2.5, you probably had about a gallon left, and should have been a bit above the reserve inlet. I really wonder if you have some debris casuing some clogs in the petcock.