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Put clear hose full of oil on again and it went down at a pretty good pace. Mixed a couple of gallons any way and smoked pretty much at idle. That part seems good.Whenever you even suspect that you might not be oiling, it a good practice to go ahead and mix the fuel to a 50:1 ratio. Then go thru the oil usage testing, and once satisfied you are using the right amount of oil, go back to straight gas.
I forgot to mention, that there are two small hoses that come off the back of that solenoid & a large O ring where the solenoid goes into the fuel rail. Its possible one of the small hoses is loose or the O ring just needs replacing. Maybe not the whole solenoid. Check the hoses on the back of the primer, & the O ring.
Bundled up and went to the river. Had to see how it ran. The good part was it ran and idled and did fine except on sustained runs at wot. It did'nt fall on it's face like before but I could tell it was starving a bit after about 20 or 30 seconds. And no wonder according to the pressure gauge, it went down to near nothing at high rpm. Only about 2psi at idle. The VRO gained pressure at high rpm, Ranging 2-7. WTF