Cruising along the beach at 3800 enjoying the ride, engine stops dead. Not really a concern, it seems to happen about once every 10 trips. Restart without issue, cruising a little slower around 3500 just to make sure everything is cool - and it stops dead. A little concerned. No noise, no sputter, it just cut out like someone turned the key. So I give everything a quick peek, pumped up the ball a little and restarted - now the engine is suddenly sluggish, bogging down - I don't push it but immediately stop and remove the cover - after a little searching, I see that the oil feed line before the T where it meets the fuel line is split, oil everywhere. So I think that must be it and replace the insanely weak clear plastic hose with a piece of thicker, black hose. Engine performs no better. Could find no other visible problems so I limp back to the marina.<br /><br />Following morning I have the marina do a compression check - I'm told you always start with a compression check, then go forward if that's good. Here's the kick in the arse:<br /><br />#1 - 130<br />#2 - 0<br />#3 - 125<br />#4 - 130<br />#5 - 125<br />#6 - 130<br /><br />How bizarre is that? If the split oil line - which was still likely flowing some oil, just not holding much pressure - was the cause of the #2 cylinders demise, why would the other 5 cylinders have such excellent compression? Is there a chance something else caused the #2 cylinder to drop to zero compression?<br /><br />The motor never made a noise, not a sqeak, not a squeal, it just went from running 100% to a sluggish, unresponsive hunk. <br /><br />I know a little about 2 cycle engines, but this is potentially going to be a serious financial investment to repair. Can any of you please give me some idea as to the following:<br /><br />1 - What potentially caused the failure of just #2 cylinder?<br /><br />2 - Could it have been the split oil feed line?<br /><br />3 - What would be the wisest plan of attack from here? Would it be possible to just repair this one dead cylinder since the other 5 are apparently in excellent shape based on their compression? <br /><br />Thanks in advance for your anticipated expertise, this is a real problem...primarily because it's a friend's boat - he understands that if the split line caused it, there wasn't anything I could have done to prevent it, but I still feel responsible even though it's only the second time I used the boat without him. Thanks again!<br /><br />TimS
<br /><br />Thanks again, I very much appreciate your help.<br /><br />TimS