where is the engine oil in an outboard?
Submitted by JIM1 on Thu, 2011-06-02 12:02
thinking its time to do a service on the couple of little outboards i have, prop oil is no worries but i cant for the life of me find where the engine oil goes, do you have to stripe them back a bit to get to the fill/drain holes?
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till
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You don't mean for a
You don't mean for a two-stroke do you?
JIM1
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yeah 2stoke, its gotta have
yeah 2stoke, its gotta have something keeping the bottom end running, or am i horrbley wrong?
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till
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Heh, thats where the lubed
Heh, thats where the lubed fuel mix comes into play. Have a look at this link; Two-Stroke engines.
You will also have an oil-filled gearbox, but that doesn't connect through to the crankcase.
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ahh awesome, so all ive got
ahh awesome, so all ive got is the oil in the leg and the mixing oil, win, even eaiser than i thought.
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Now that's how good this website can be.
Well taught till, nice work.
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Oil
Sounds like a mayday to me
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oh come on meow!
oh come on meow!
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your question
is the very reason why you should never......ever touch your outboard do yourself a favour and get someone qualified to look at it jmo
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Thanks for that Captain
Thanks for that Captain Obvious!
The guy learned something, you weren't born knowing how two stroke worked either.
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stilly, i work on all my own
stilly, i work on all my own toys bikes cars etc. rebuild topends, turbos diffs, list goes on. if you would rather pay someone rather than ask a question and do it your self(obvious for more than one reason) then go right ahead and pay money and be like all the boat owners who pay for things to get done for them, at the end of the day you will still look like a prick at the pub when asked about your boat and go ummm i dunno i just drive the thing.
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here here
here here
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chin chin
chin chin
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Good on ya for having a go.
Good on ya for having a go. for me a $20,000 outboard and your life line to home is going to be servised by some one that knows what there doing .I could do the oil but the rest is best left olone
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unless your a pc wizz and
unless your a pc wizz and know the tuning gear for the new motors then its a bit hard hey! with alot of new machinery i have found the manafacturers are making it very hard for mr handyman to do his own services because they make minor things need special tools instead of a spanners and sockets.
if i break down i can paddle, or just call someone! but usually im to stubborn and will tinker for a while befor i admit my defeat!
first time in my old tinny my motor fouled up, after an hour with no phone or paddle i realised i was in waist hight water lol
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I've just replaced the
I've just replaced the bearings in my boat trailer that were so bad the grease smelt burnt. I had a mobile trailer repair guy supposedly check and repack them last year. They were never touched all the arsehole did was smear some grease into the cap to look like he did. Lucky i lost his contact details. He was recommended by another mobile trailer repair guy in Wangarra. Never again. If you want something done right do it yourself. Good onya Jim for having a go.
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