illiniphoenix
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Hello,
I just purchased a sailboat with a 9.9 Honda outboard. I do not know much about boats or motors, but the seller assured me that the motor was well cared for and had been serviced on a yearly basis. The motor seemed at first to run well (it has a hose connection which the seller used to demonstrate that it runs while the boat was at her house). However, the first time I got out on the water, the motor shut off after a few minutes of running, started lightly smoking, and would not start again. This may have been because of my error - didn't give it much time to warm up (stupid!) and was running it with the choke still on (again, stupid!). When I got back to my house, I tried running the motor again using the hose connection. It started up and idled no problem. However, some oil leaked out of what looked like the exhaust hole (the hole is not labeled in my manual) as shown in the attached pictures. The leak was a very slight trickle, but was not just one or two drops. I tried again 5 hours later with the same result. I checked the oil level, and it was full. Could it be overfull? What else could have caused this? Any help would be much appreciated.
Other possible problem: When using the hose connection to run the motor out of the water, the manual states: "Be sure that water flows from the water check hole while the engine is running." It shows a picture of water flowing out of the water intake screens on either side and the propeller, but not out of the "water check hole" (which is further up near the top of the motor). When I run the motor using the hose connection, no water comes out of the water check hole, it just comes out of the water intake screens and the propeller. I'm not sure if the manual is just unclear, and what they really mean is that water should come out of the screens and propeller (as the picture shows and as I experience), or if it does really need to come out of the water check hole.
Sorry if my questions are unclear or are stupid. I really don't know much, so any help would be appreciated!
Thank you!
I just purchased a sailboat with a 9.9 Honda outboard. I do not know much about boats or motors, but the seller assured me that the motor was well cared for and had been serviced on a yearly basis. The motor seemed at first to run well (it has a hose connection which the seller used to demonstrate that it runs while the boat was at her house). However, the first time I got out on the water, the motor shut off after a few minutes of running, started lightly smoking, and would not start again. This may have been because of my error - didn't give it much time to warm up (stupid!) and was running it with the choke still on (again, stupid!). When I got back to my house, I tried running the motor again using the hose connection. It started up and idled no problem. However, some oil leaked out of what looked like the exhaust hole (the hole is not labeled in my manual) as shown in the attached pictures. The leak was a very slight trickle, but was not just one or two drops. I tried again 5 hours later with the same result. I checked the oil level, and it was full. Could it be overfull? What else could have caused this? Any help would be much appreciated.
Other possible problem: When using the hose connection to run the motor out of the water, the manual states: "Be sure that water flows from the water check hole while the engine is running." It shows a picture of water flowing out of the water intake screens on either side and the propeller, but not out of the "water check hole" (which is further up near the top of the motor). When I run the motor using the hose connection, no water comes out of the water check hole, it just comes out of the water intake screens and the propeller. I'm not sure if the manual is just unclear, and what they really mean is that water should come out of the screens and propeller (as the picture shows and as I experience), or if it does really need to come out of the water check hole.
Sorry if my questions are unclear or are stupid. I really don't know much, so any help would be appreciated!
Thank you!
