| On the bottom of the lower unit near the skag you will find an oil plug,
this is to fill/drain the unit. The two plugs you mentioned up higher: The
lower one is to vent the lower unit while filling/draining, the other is to
drain water from the water pump housing. You might want to consider mixing gas and oil at a ratio of one bottle of
Merk oil to 5 gallons of gas. The bottle will tell you to mix one bottle
with 6 gallons of gas. I always mix it heavy on oil, spark plugs are a lot
easier to change than pistons and crankshafts. I have never had any
problems with this heavier mix, Merk oil burns clean and leaves only a
slight residue in the cylinders, usually it can be wiped out with a cloth
during a tear down after 30 years of hard use! Meks oil injection has not been the most successful thing they ever did and
a lot of motors have burned up because of it. By using gas/oil mix you
eliminate that risk totally. The carbs have a screen filter in the cap where the fuel lines attach. An
external water separating fuel filter between the tank and the motor is a
good idea. Don Dando <jaykchan@hotmail.com> wrote in message |
