"Midlant" wrote in message
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Do they put that in the manual? I have it on cd (pdf), but the manual
covers 15 years of motors. And its the mercury manual.


If they didn't they should have. When I had Yamaha's, there was a procedure
outlined in the manual that called for so many drops/min out of the feed
tube
to the engine. This tube was only about 1/8th" i.d. The engine was a 6
cylinder
so it had 6 tubes running from the oil pump. Pretty easy to pull one off
and
watch it drip.

Unfortunately, I gave the manual to the new owner of that boat when I sold
it
so I have no point of reference.

I would think as long as its using *some* oil when running, you should be
ok.
You could add some oil to the gas just to be safe until you verify.


db