that the cloud of oil takes 5 minutes to clear the house, yikes!! I



Are you running it in the bathtub?

Running it on the garden hose right now. I know it will run different
with water, but it's puffing LOTS of smoke on land. I've seen outboads
(Johnson's) after a days fishing flushing engines at the marina. They
don't seem to smoke like mine.

One more question. I took the VRO pump out to replace it and noticed a
little "thing" below it. It's round and has a small red handle with a
schrader valve (sp?) on it. What is it and what does it do?

thank,
-Terry Quan

Tquan wrote:

I noticed a little "thing" below it. It's round and has a small red handle with a
schrader valve (sp?) on it. What is it and what does it do?

thank,
-Terry Quan


Manual choke.

Or, more precisely, manual fuel enrichment for cold start.

Rob

"trainfan1" wrote in message
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Tquan wrote:

I noticed a little "thing" below it. It's round and has a small red
handle with a
schrader valve (sp?) on it. What is it and what does it do?

thank,
-Terry Quan


Manual choke.

Or, more precisely, manual fuel enrichment for cold start.

Rob


Make sure the red lever is turned fulley clockwise so the lever is in line
with the length of the primer solenoid. If it is turned, it would be like
running with the choke on and the motor would run rough and smoke a lot.

Bill Grannis
service manager

Just went out to check on that red handle. It was turned fully counter
clockwise! I just turned it fully clockwise and will wait on the new
pump kit to come. It should be running like a champ when I put it back
together.

BTW, thanks to all that have replied

-Terry

Make sure the red lever is turned fulley clockwise so the lever is in line
with the length of the primer solenoid. If it is turned, it would be like
running with the choke on and the motor would run rough and smoke a lot.

Bill Grannis
service manager

On 31 Aug 2005 05:38:32 -0700, "Tquan" wrote:

One more question. I took the VRO pump out to replace it and noticed a
little "thing" below it. It's round and has a small red handle with a
schrader valve (sp?) on it. What is it and what does it do?

The Schrader valve is for injecting a couple of things
that they recommend at times:

A fogging oil for seasonal storage (instructions on
the can of fogging oil).

A decarbonizing fluid (again, instructions are
on the can).

I've used both in my '91 Evinrude and found the
fogging oil delivery to be convenient compared
to squirting it directly into the carb mouths.

I also found that the decarbonizing fluid left
me with a much cleaner engine -- free floating
rings, mostly -- than comparable engines that
had not done this regularly. I think that
modern gasolines and the mixed in oils are
prone to leaving carbon deposits around the
rings if not treated regularly. Do follow
the instructions, especially as to timing,
engine temperature and burn-out for the
decarbonizing fluid.