New here... looking for opinions on oil injection

kelly2012

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I took my middle carb off because I thought the float was stuck and then I put it back on and went to start it, turned it over for aprox 5 secconds, it went beep beep beep, I thought it was weird so I turned it over agin for aprox 5 secconds and it fired like sputtered and then quit and went beep beep before it quit, so then I left it alone because I realized that the beeping was my oil injection alarm. I dont know how the alarm would be going off because I never touched the oil injection other then the linkage that goes from the oil injection pump to the throttle on the carb, and the oil tank on the motor does have oil in it. The motor did sit for aprox 3.5 months, I drained the float bowls and the fuel filter on the motor and it looked like streight gas. Could I have damaged my motor if it was strait gas turning it over the 2 times for the 5 secconds and it firing and quitting? Also when I turned the key I didnt have power going to my fuse block so the the loud alarm wasnt connected so I am not sure if I heard the everything is all working beep, and after all this I connected it and it went beep beep meaning that everything was all working.
 

kelly2012

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Re: New here... looking for opinions on oil injection

the motor is a 1990 mercury xr4 150
 

Dukedog

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Re: New here... looking for opinions on oil injection

Get a "remote tank" and mix 2 oz. to tha gallon. You can run it on that at no more than 1200 rpm to do your trouble findin' process. Or you can just do away with tha oil injection and mix at 40/50 ta 1. I like 40 ta 1 on tha steel sleeve motors. Its gettin' kinda old anyway...........jmo
 

Dave1027

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Re: New here... looking for opinions on oil injection

Check for loose wires. If you accidently disconnected the wire that goes to the oil pump shaft sensor, that would cause this.
 

kelly2012

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Re: New here... looking for opinions on oil injection

ok cool thanks the amout of time i turentd the motor over 5 secounds twice then it sputtered could that have hurt the motor?
 

kelly2012

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Re: New here... looking for opinions on oil injection

ok thanks would my motor beep beep beep if the oil pump isent working and not just beep for the oil level . and when i turn my key and i get the beep that means averything is good to go aswell as the oil pump working ?
 
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