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About a month or so ago my 4 hp tohatsu motor fell into the water as I was running it.
I got it back after being in the water about 1 minute, with in 3 hours I had drained the oil, and flushed it with a mix of gasoline and oil 3 times then replaced the oil with the correct oil.
I tried to...
6hp 4stroke Tohatsu outboard.
It came off of transom and into tennessee river. The motor had a string attached to it so I was able to recover it in less than 2 minutes.
I have drained and changed out the oil until it runs clear. I drained the carb and put fresh gas into it. Pulled the spark...
Re: White Gear oil. Tohatsu 4hp
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The key to your problem is almost certainly incorrect seating of the drain/fill and/or vent plugs (not screws, plugs). They must have fresh crush gaskets (not washers) every time they are removed. Same if it uses "O" rings instead of gaskets.
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I was changing the gear oil in my new (June 2012) Tohatsu 4 stroke 4HP motor. I found that the vent screw was very loose, only two or three threads held it in. I was lucky it didn't fall out last time I had it in the water on Saturday.
So, I pull the fill screw and out flows white oil, not...
