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Default fuel/oil mixture - 1973 evinrude

On 6/12/2017 1:29 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:36:29 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

The Evinrudes I remember from the 1950s and 1960s called for a half-pint
of oil per gallon of gasolines.


that is ~16:1. I bet they smoked a lot.


Not badky, that I recall. And the oil didn't smell bad like today's
tcw3,ouls.



Ah, the good ol' days. Lower the leg of the little, 50's or 60's
vintage 5hp Johnson and watch the oil spill form as the un-burned oil in
the exhaust hits the water.