Larry wrote:
" wrote in
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2. Any downside of doing this?


Yes. It's a 4-stroke with OIL in it. You must be very careful the OIL in
it doesn't go where it's not supposed to go. You can only lay down a 4-
stroker certain ways, and even then I'd be deathly afraid the oil would be
splashing around in there where it's not supposed to go, laying down like
that, while you were underway with the other motor.

I am not aware that oil from a 4-stroke motor can leak out that easily.
None of the operator manual of all my 4-stroke gas-powered equipment
have a warning about this. At most they ask me to turn off the fuel
valve or run the motor dry before putting the motor on its side (like
when I need to do an oil change on the motor). Anyway, this probably
should not be a problem to me because I rarely ever tilt the motor to
its highest position.

Too bad it's not a 2 stroker. It wouldn't matter, then, especially if you
took the stupid oil injection off it and premixed its gas the way a 2-
stroker is supposed to be run...dry.

I can see that a small 2-stroke is a good choice if it is being used to
plane a small boat. But I will use the small outboard as a kicker and
the boat will be running quite slowly. I have a feeling that I will
smell the exhaust from the 2-stroke motor if the wind is blowing from
behind the boat. Therefore, I will get a 4-stroke instead of a
2-stroke.

I like the lift idea hooked to the stern....the kind they use on the stern
of outboard-powered sailboats that lifts the hole motor back then up to
lock into a totally dry position above the stern while underway. The motor
would be parked in its proper upright position where the OIL is not an
issue. You can even work on it if it's broke, that way.

As mentioned in my post, I will get a motor that has a powered trim
option. This means I really don't need the manual-motor-lifter such as
those from Garelick. Garelick has a powered-motor-lifter that we can
use to lift a motor straight up or down just by hitting a button;
unfortunately, that powered-motor-lifter from Garelick is very
expensive (as much as the price of the small outboard itself). Thanks
for the suggestion though.

Jay Chan