6 hp Kicker putting out oil...

Searun1

Seaman
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Jun 14, 2004
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My '98 Johnson two stroke kicker has been really smoking it up lately. I have been doing quite a bit of trolling in the salt. Also when I rinse it out and run it in a bucket at home it leaves a big oil ring around the garbage can that is quite a bit more then I have ever noticed in the past. I am pretty precise about the 50:1 mix so I have ruled that out.<br /><br />Any idea why this is happening? Is it because I have been going relatively slow with it and not opening it up?<br /><br />Help???<br /><br />Searun1
 

rickdb1boat

Supreme Mariner
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Re: 6 hp Kicker putting out oil...

Try a decarb and see if that helps. Then do a compression test.<br /><br /> Decarb
 

Paul Moir

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Re: 6 hp Kicker putting out oil...

It also may be worthwhile to lean out the idle a bit - perhaps you're running it a bit too rich.<br />Leaning it may adversely impact your cold start though.
 
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