steveragan
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" Last winter I purchased a ba
" Last winter I purchased a bass boat with a 40 HP Johnson outboard on it. This summer I was able to take it out a few times, the last time was approximately 3 weeks ago. The day after parking the boat in my garage I noticed that it had developed an oil leak dripping from the prop exhaust area. I know that with normal running it will get an oil residue in that area but this is substantially worse. Overnight in about a 12 hour period I had a spot of oil that was about 5 - 6" in diameter. I cleaned it up and over the next couple of days it reappeared twice. My motor is a 1986 40 hp. Johnson W/ oil injection from a an oil tank that sits next to the feul tanks. Can you help me figure out what can be wrong with it? I don't want to use it anymore till I get it fixed for fear of doing permanent damage. The motor runs great and that is the first time this has happened. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Steve Ragan "
" Last winter I purchased a bass boat with a 40 HP Johnson outboard on it. This summer I was able to take it out a few times, the last time was approximately 3 weeks ago. The day after parking the boat in my garage I noticed that it had developed an oil leak dripping from the prop exhaust area. I know that with normal running it will get an oil residue in that area but this is substantially worse. Overnight in about a 12 hour period I had a spot of oil that was about 5 - 6" in diameter. I cleaned it up and over the next couple of days it reappeared twice. My motor is a 1986 40 hp. Johnson W/ oil injection from a an oil tank that sits next to the feul tanks. Can you help me figure out what can be wrong with it? I don't want to use it anymore till I get it fixed for fear of doing permanent damage. The motor runs great and that is the first time this has happened. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Steve Ragan "