I am a new owner of a Mac 25. It has a 1990 Suzuki outboard on it. It has not been started in at least a year, and probably longer. I took off the cover, knocked out a ton of mud dobber nests that filled the engine compartment, pulled the plugs, cleaned them, injected some two stroke oil in the cylinders, and reinstalled the plugs.
I put some gas in the tank along with some Stabil, and a little bit of two stroke oil and proceeded to pull on the starter rope. The motor started on around the fifth pull and idled decently, obviously blowing some blue smoke due to the oil. I was getting some water out of the exhaust, and then finally got water coming out of the small outlet tube. The water was very hot, so I was worried about the impeller.
I pulled the lower unit off and inspected the impeller, two broken vanes. I am planning on replacing the lower unit oil while I am working on it.
So, my question is what other advice can you give me as to what sort of maintenance I should do before I put it in the water?
And, I am a little worried about the oil injection. Is there anyway to check it to make sure it is working?
Thanks,
Dave
I put some gas in the tank along with some Stabil, and a little bit of two stroke oil and proceeded to pull on the starter rope. The motor started on around the fifth pull and idled decently, obviously blowing some blue smoke due to the oil. I was getting some water out of the exhaust, and then finally got water coming out of the small outlet tube. The water was very hot, so I was worried about the impeller.
I pulled the lower unit off and inspected the impeller, two broken vanes. I am planning on replacing the lower unit oil while I am working on it.
So, my question is what other advice can you give me as to what sort of maintenance I should do before I put it in the water?
And, I am a little worried about the oil injection. Is there anyway to check it to make sure it is working?
Thanks,
Dave