v46dbarton
Cadet
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- Jun 1, 2010
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I have a 2001 Mercury 60 bigfoot on my pontoon. Sometimes it runs very good, sometimes not. If I leave it sitting for more than a few days and go to turn it over, it will leak 2 cycle oil out of the prop and onto the ground. When it starts, it smokes very bad at first, then clears off. It will run, but not very good. I will have the throttle all the way down and only running about 4000 rpms. I can rev it and it sounds fine with a slight miss, but very slow under a load. I notice excessive oil use at first and then seems to be normal after it gets going. I can run it at full throttle for about an hour and it will usually clear off and run right. If I take it out every few days, I usually have no problems at all. I used to think it was carb problems and they needed cleaned. Now I'm wondering if the 2 cycle oil is causing the problems. I could take the oil reservoir off and just mix it myself, but that sucks. Any help is appreciated.
