So, been running this motor for quite a few years now, and have recently had work done which included new choke assembly, carb rebuild, etc.
Now, I'm noticing something I don't recall seeing before.
There has always been some residual oil runoff once I dock the boat, typical of this type of outboard - but what I'm noticing now is that if I run this thing at high throttle for a period of time, then bring it in - there is very little oil around the motor - less than I had seen previously - no complaints there. But if I take it relatively slow around the lake a couple times - casual, no high throttle (though not trolling either) and then dock it, there seems to be a lot of oil runoff - considerably more than I can previously recall.
Again, this is since the recent work - of course still using the same 50:1, manual mix, etc. as before. Besides this runoff issue, motor is running great - Should I have a concern here?
Thanks
Now, I'm noticing something I don't recall seeing before.
There has always been some residual oil runoff once I dock the boat, typical of this type of outboard - but what I'm noticing now is that if I run this thing at high throttle for a period of time, then bring it in - there is very little oil around the motor - less than I had seen previously - no complaints there. But if I take it relatively slow around the lake a couple times - casual, no high throttle (though not trolling either) and then dock it, there seems to be a lot of oil runoff - considerably more than I can previously recall.
Again, this is since the recent work - of course still using the same 50:1, manual mix, etc. as before. Besides this runoff issue, motor is running great - Should I have a concern here?
Thanks
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