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48tony

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Well, after taken off my lower unit do to needing a rebuild. Winter is hear and i have not fogged the motor.Can I hook up a hose and hose clamp to the copper line?Or ccould it harm the power head with not having any back presure.I would like to run it for about 5 min to get the carbs cleaned out and fog the motor.This motor is a 1970 60 hp it has the dual copper lines in the mid section.How do i find out witch copper line to hook up with a hose and clamp? Thanks Tony
 
Drain carburetors by removing plugs on the bowls.-------------Crank it over a few times and inject fogging oil into carburetors.---------------Put the thing away for the winter.-----------------No need to be worried over a simple procedure.
 
If you want to run it, figure out which tube comes from the water pump hsg discharge and hook your water hose up to that one. You can run it as long as you want and fog it properly.
 
Thanks Guyies,I went with racer. easy and harmless. I drained the 3 carbs then blasted the fogging oil in the carbs.I then allso pulled the 3 spark plugs and blasted the piston + cylinders spinning the flywheel as i was blasting. so it is well oiled. Fair to say some oil is better then no oil. She is sleeping for the winter.My next project on this motor will be rebuilding the ele shift gearcase.I do have a few Qustions on it. Butt i will start a new post on that.Again thanks for the info on the hose to copper line .
 
A 2 stroke engine is a wonderful ----------2 stage " air processing " machine .-------------Storage oil injected into the carburetors of a spinning motor ( cranking ) will be distributed all over the bearings / crankshaft / pistons / cylinders .-----------No need to remove sparkplugs and add more oil at all.
 
Everybody has their own way of fogging a a mtr. I like 'em hot, not cold. To each his own. Fogging oil flows better in a hot mtr. I've never see an OMC service manual yet saying to put them away cold.
 
Boobie, I can see your point with the motor being hot, But again some oil is better then no oil right.And I blasted the carbs and plug holes real good.
 
It really is amazing how some folks have a " different " understanding of how a simple 2 stroke engine operates.---------------Air flows through the spinning motor and the fogging oil would coat everything inside !!!!!!
 
In addition to winterizing, during the "off season", I try to make a habit of rotating all of my marine motors and other power equipment by either pulling the recoil or engaging the electric starter...The intention is to rotate the engines about one turn...this ensures that everything is kept oiled, free and ready for use when the season begins. On water cooled engines it also serves to prevent the water pump impeller from getting "squashed" in one position. On four stroke engines, it means that no single valve spring will be compressed all winter or all summer long. When I go into the shed, I'll give the Snowblower a pull in the summer and the lawnmower etc a pull in the winter. This may be overkill but it doesn't take a lot of effort. I always leave the boat battery in place during the winter so I can rotate the engine a few times during the winter months.
 
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