splitter gitter
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Hey everyone,first timer. I have a 1996 50 HP ser# OG315358 ELPT 4 stroke and i just replaced the fuel pump,the old one had filled the valve cover up to the oil fill plug with fuel and diluted the oil. Changed oil and oil filter . Tried to start, turned over a couple times, popped then stopped. Tried again and the motor would not turn over. Thought the batteries might be dead or low ,so I threw the charger on them for a while and tried again still nothing. Smelt fuel and thought it was flooded so took out the plugs and sure enough one cylinder was full of fuel. Cranked the motor over and it spun free and blew out the cylinders. Put the plugs back in and tried starting it again, turned over a couple of times then froze again.repeated the process, would not spin. I put a wrench on the flywheel nut and tried to spin it that way, it did but not easy. As i turned the crank it got harder and harder until it would not .In the process i broke the timming belt and found that the crank turns free but the cam gear is froze. Did the fuel take all the oil from the cam bearings and I froze it up that way or is there something else. Have not taken it apart yet to look in side. Any body else had this happen to them. HELP HELP.
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