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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3762716" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I have great luck with all my boats and they were never money pits.</p><p>But i do all my own work on them and never had any expensive issues with them.</p><p>And they always started and ran.</p><p></p><p>Here is a big issue with 2 stroke engines.</p><p>People would pull the fuel line off and run the engine out of fuel before they drug it back home.</p><p>That is the worst thing you can do to a 2 stroke engine.</p><p>In fact in the factory service manual for Mercury it states to never do that.</p><p></p><p>The only lube the crank and cylinder walls get comes from the oil in the fuel.</p><p>Run it out of fuel and you run it out of oil and let it sit like that and you are asking for rusted cylinders etc.</p><p></p><p>Yep you will be in the money pit then.</p><p>I never pulled the fuel line off my 2 strokes and ran them out of fuel.</p><p>Never had any gunked up carbs either. Quicksilver oil was always used.</p><p></p><p>Have fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3762716, member: 15054"] I have great luck with all my boats and they were never money pits. But i do all my own work on them and never had any expensive issues with them. And they always started and ran. Here is a big issue with 2 stroke engines. People would pull the fuel line off and run the engine out of fuel before they drug it back home. That is the worst thing you can do to a 2 stroke engine. In fact in the factory service manual for Mercury it states to never do that. The only lube the crank and cylinder walls get comes from the oil in the fuel. Run it out of fuel and you run it out of oil and let it sit like that and you are asking for rusted cylinders etc. Yep you will be in the money pit then. I never pulled the fuel line off my 2 strokes and ran them out of fuel. Never had any gunked up carbs either. Quicksilver oil was always used. Have fun. [/QUOTE]
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