Can motor lay horizontal

[yakvan]

Thinking of getting a 9.9 hp outboard to transport around in my car trunk. Is it okay to lay a motor horizontal without having oil/gas leak out? Does it matter 2-stroke or 4-stroke? At what point does a 4-stroke leak oil from crankcase if you keep tilting motor over?

 

[wayne h]

Re: Can motor lay horizontal

i think you will have fuel loss from the carb bowl. every engine i ever layed down leaked fuel out.and not easy to start after that happends

 

[JB]

Re: Can motor lay horizontal

4 strokes must be stored exactly as the mfg specifies. Some on one side, some on the other.<br /><br />Drained carbs usually don't leak.<br /><br /> http://www.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=17;t=009035

 

[Terry H]

Re: Can motor lay horizontal

2 stroke is fine on it's side, don't know about the 4cycle motor tho with oil in crankcase...just a Thought

 

[roscoe]

Re: Can motor lay horizontal

From my experience, small portable 4-stroke engines will have a "safe' horizontal position. Check the owners manual BEFORE you buy it.

 

[Outrage 19]

Re: Can motor lay horizontal

For a two stroke lay it on the side with the tiller arm because laying it on the gearshift could brake the shift leaver. I don’t know about a four stroke but I figure the same applies.

 

[envy83]

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As a rowing coach, my teams has hauled our coaching motors all over the country in that back of a pickup. We've never had any problems with the two-strokes no matter how they were situated (Johnson and Mercury 15-25hp) and as long as the 4-strokes were laid on the side indicated by the little sticker there were no ill effects(Honda and Mercury 30hp)

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Re: Can motor lay horizontal

Another rower on the boards!! Welcome<br /><br />Now we can gripe about boaters that don't understand a no wake zone <br /><br />Never had a problem with a two stroke on its side. Don't know about 4strokes.