No, I did not put oil in the gas tank of this engine. Maybe my terminology was confusing since I'm not much of an engine or motor person. When the motor stopped running and I knew I had gassed up prior to taking it out, I assumed that it had quit because it was out of oil which had happened one time last summer. Since I had not added oil this season, I made that assumption. The little glass guage is so difficult to read, I never saw any line showing that there was oil in it. When I opened the oil access port, there was no sign of any oil so I proceeded to fill it. It drank it up and I kept pouring. Once done, the motor started right back up and ran for a brief period before it began to pour smoke out and then it did quit and we were unable to get it cranked back up. Since I've been back home, I put it in the fresh water tank I have for running it and it started and ran for about a half hour without problem. Still, if it is burning oil and shouldn't I will take it in for a service at the Honda repair place here. Time for a cool change! Sandra(Seawitch #617)
Sandra, Sounds like you fried your piston rings. Happens when you run motor without oil. Adding oil port or dip stick check to prelaunch list may help. Hope they don't ding you too bad. Doug M17 "Aegir" ----- Original Message ----- From: Seawitch<mailto:seawitchlj@yahoo.com> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com<mailto:montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 9:45 AM Subject: M_Boats: RE: Oil in Honda 4 stroke No, I did not put oil in the gas tank of this engine. Maybe my terminology was confusing since I'm not much of an engine or motor person. When the motor stopped running and I knew I had gassed up prior to taking it out, I assumed that it had quit because it was out of oil which had happened one time last summer. Since I had not added oil this season, I made that assumption. The little glass guage is so difficult to read, I never saw any line showing that there was oil in it. When I opened the oil access port, there was no sign of any oil so I proceeded to fill it. It drank it up and I kept pouring. Once done, the motor started right back up and ran for a brief period before it began to pour smoke out and then it did quit and we were unable to get it cranked back up. Since I've been back home, I put it in the fresh water tank I have for running it and it started and ran for about a half hour without problem. Still, if it is burning oil and shouldn't I will take it in for a service at the Honda repair place here. Time for a cool change! Sandra(Seawitch #617) _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats<http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats>
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