So when I opened up the two screws on my 2-cycle, '94 Johnson 9.9 long shaft to drain the gear lube, there it was - gone. (Cue harp music) ...So it was a very hot, windless day, and the last sail of our first year with our H23.5. I had just adjusted the engine's mixture screw to keep the engine from reving itself to motor heaven in neutral, when I noticed some white, oily globs shooting out of the exhaust. Didn't seem like a reason to not go out. We ran the motor, a lot, no wind, remember? But the motor and drive never once complained. It was the last sail! We had our special tee shirts and everything. (Lose the harp music).
I suppose I blew a seal or something (wait, that's a really funny monkey walrus joke, you gotta look it up) and I was wondering if anyone else ever observed the same problem. What did you find? How did you fix? I had been having issues with the engine running away and reving high in neutral, and then having to jam the shifter into forward and reverse to keep from stalling the damn thing. Could this have contributed? I finally figured out that bad fuel was leaning out the mixture, so I dumped in some SeaFoam and richened up the mixture. When I saw the white residue, I figured it was too rich and the exhaust was just spewing out some concoction of unburned fuel. Afterall, it's called SeaFoam, right? But no. I was just stupid. It was my gear lube...
I suppose I blew a seal or something (wait, that's a really funny monkey walrus joke, you gotta look it up) and I was wondering if anyone else ever observed the same problem. What did you find? How did you fix? I had been having issues with the engine running away and reving high in neutral, and then having to jam the shifter into forward and reverse to keep from stalling the damn thing. Could this have contributed? I finally figured out that bad fuel was leaning out the mixture, so I dumped in some SeaFoam and richened up the mixture. When I saw the white residue, I figured it was too rich and the exhaust was just spewing out some concoction of unburned fuel. Afterall, it's called SeaFoam, right? But no. I was just stupid. It was my gear lube...