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nicknack2

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this is the situation... when I run(during cleaning) my 1998 200 HP Johnson on the ears muffs I get al oil/water mix off the lower unit/propeller hub...so I was thinking I had a prop shaft seal problem...so I took the boat out to a spot I know where we snorkel and just have fun in the water, while I was under water snorkeling it occurred to me to check the prop area to see what the leak looked like....ran my finger thru the exhaust/propeller area and nothing, the area was free of oil...once out of the water and while rinsing the salt of the motor the oil/water mix came back any ideas why the motor "slobbers" on the muffs??? I know the motor is not under load and it might spit the excess oil/fuel mixture, but the mix smells like gear oil and not fuel/ two stroke oil... any ideas why this might just happen on the muffs and not while in the water?
 
If it's coming out of the hub only you find that the gurus will tell that it is normal on muffs and you will never see it running in the lake
 
Have you checked to see if theres water in the lower unit oil? If its clean and full then you have nothing to worry about.
 
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