BeaverAggie
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Howdy,
Briefly, my parents are cruising in Central America and has recently encountered a recurring problem of fuel ending up in oil. My mom is currently visiting her mom in the states, so if anyone can suggest some parts that might help fix the problem she can take them back with here. Here is what he describes as the problem: (sorry for the length!)
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The main problem is fuel is getting into the oil fairly large amounts in a very short time. I ran it for only about 10 minutes and then sat for 4 hrs with the hose hooked up and there is about 3 or 4 oz of fuel in the oil. I had just drain all the oil and changed the filter I know there was nothing left to contaminate the new fuel. It runs perfect as long as you don't hook up the crank case blow by hose. The float is not sticking, even though it might have been in the past when this started, but I am almost positive it is not sticking now. it is not floading like it used to and not run even when the hose wasn't on. Before it has lasted a couple of days before it had fuel in the oil, today it was ten minutes. there has got to be another way fuel can get into the oil besides a stuck float. One day the cylinders were so full of fuel it wouldn't turn over, but that was when the float was sticking. There was also one day when there was some salt water in the lower cylinder not much but it was there. The hard part is going to be able to explain this to some non english speaking person if I can't figure it out. It has also never heated up so I don't know how I could have cracked or blown something. the damn this isn't even 4 yrs old. It does get a lot of use though. When it was stored last summer for two months I drained the fuel. It has run fine till a month ago. It started after buying fuel in El Salvador. I still have the same fuel but why would that cause fuel in the oil if nothing is currently sticking.
Briefly, my parents are cruising in Central America and has recently encountered a recurring problem of fuel ending up in oil. My mom is currently visiting her mom in the states, so if anyone can suggest some parts that might help fix the problem she can take them back with here. Here is what he describes as the problem: (sorry for the length!)
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The main problem is fuel is getting into the oil fairly large amounts in a very short time. I ran it for only about 10 minutes and then sat for 4 hrs with the hose hooked up and there is about 3 or 4 oz of fuel in the oil. I had just drain all the oil and changed the filter I know there was nothing left to contaminate the new fuel. It runs perfect as long as you don't hook up the crank case blow by hose. The float is not sticking, even though it might have been in the past when this started, but I am almost positive it is not sticking now. it is not floading like it used to and not run even when the hose wasn't on. Before it has lasted a couple of days before it had fuel in the oil, today it was ten minutes. there has got to be another way fuel can get into the oil besides a stuck float. One day the cylinders were so full of fuel it wouldn't turn over, but that was when the float was sticking. There was also one day when there was some salt water in the lower cylinder not much but it was there. The hard part is going to be able to explain this to some non english speaking person if I can't figure it out. It has also never heated up so I don't know how I could have cracked or blown something. the damn this isn't even 4 yrs old. It does get a lot of use though. When it was stored last summer for two months I drained the fuel. It has run fine till a month ago. It started after buying fuel in El Salvador. I still have the same fuel but why would that cause fuel in the oil if nothing is currently sticking.
