I'm sure this is a bit of a rehash, but not quite finding the answers I need in searching...
Picked up a boat with the aforementioned 80 hp merc. Motor was started in tank, fired up fine, shifted fine before purchase, and showed good even compression.
Now, after learning some things here, and previous owner not currently available, I have these questions...
1) Each winter before storing he said he would replace gear lube, treat the gas, and run the motor on a slightly heavier than called for oil ratio on his last run. Two questions on this is a) shouldn't there be a washer on each of the lube plugs? (fill and vent)? There is only one on the fill. And b) shouldn't he have been fogging this motor vs. just using heavier oil mix? Whatever the case I am changing the lube and getting the carb cleaned (& impeller replaced), but lack of actual fogging a bit concerning.
2) He told me it's 40:1 ratio - I'm reading 50:1. WTF???
3) How do I separate neutral throttle from forward/reverse? I mean, it seems pushing control forward will simply engage the prop vs. just increasing the throttle - on a mercruiser i/o there's the push button that handles this... so is there something similar with this control that I'm not seeing? I suppose I would figure this out on my own first start but since I'm getting it serviced first, I was hoping someone could give me a heads up... the only extra thing I see is the cold start lever.
Thanks for any help.
Picked up a boat with the aforementioned 80 hp merc. Motor was started in tank, fired up fine, shifted fine before purchase, and showed good even compression.
Now, after learning some things here, and previous owner not currently available, I have these questions...
1) Each winter before storing he said he would replace gear lube, treat the gas, and run the motor on a slightly heavier than called for oil ratio on his last run. Two questions on this is a) shouldn't there be a washer on each of the lube plugs? (fill and vent)? There is only one on the fill. And b) shouldn't he have been fogging this motor vs. just using heavier oil mix? Whatever the case I am changing the lube and getting the carb cleaned (& impeller replaced), but lack of actual fogging a bit concerning.
2) He told me it's 40:1 ratio - I'm reading 50:1. WTF???
3) How do I separate neutral throttle from forward/reverse? I mean, it seems pushing control forward will simply engage the prop vs. just increasing the throttle - on a mercruiser i/o there's the push button that handles this... so is there something similar with this control that I'm not seeing? I suppose I would figure this out on my own first start but since I'm getting it serviced first, I was hoping someone could give me a heads up... the only extra thing I see is the cold start lever.
Thanks for any help.
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