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Salesman lesson for Don White
On Sun, 22 Apr 2018 07:41:04 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: Yup. I had one. Under about 2,000 RPM it ran on two cylinders. Above that, the other two kicked in. Almost threw me out of my 16' Boston Whaler the first time I kicked up the throttle leaving Scituate Harbor. That was a terrible motor. It was a two stroke and had a large plastic reservoir under the cowling that you filled with 2 stroke oil that was automatically mixed with straight gas from the gas tank. That was fine but whenever you tilted the engine up it leaked oil all over the place. I could never determine where it was coming from. I had that oil reservoir on my 75 Mariner/Merc/Yamaha. I found out pretty quick that you only fill it about 3/4 of the way or the oil runs out when you tilt it. That is where the level stabilizes after it has been tilted a few days. I marked the tank at that spot as "full". It doesn't really pour out since it is coming from the vent so it is not apparent it is leaking right away. I was new to the whole oil injection thing and I was thinking this thing sure does use a lot of oil. I was wet slipping the boat when that motor was new because my lift was still under construction and I got a few weeks of experience ;-) |
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