Fuel/Oil mix

[CATransplant]

Stick to the 24:1 (or 25:1) mix on that engine. That's what it was designed to use. Cut down and you risk problems.

 

[kitkat1963]

Fuel/Oil mix

Hi all! I have just brought back from the dead a 1962 Evinrude 10hp Sportwin. I got it as a complete but non runner. To cut a very long story short, it is now funning just fine, BUT, what is the correct fuel/oil mixture for this engine. I have been running it at 32:1, but it seems very smokey. I have also seen a suggested 40:1 mix, and have been told by an outboard mechanic (who supplied the replacement parts) to run it at 50:1. Who is right? The last thing I want to do is seize my baby up!

 

[Laddies]

Re: Fuel/Oil mix

25 to 1 is what the factory recommended when it was built, is the carb adjusted right

 

[John the landlubber]

Re: Fuel/Oil mix

hi uk boat boy. i am in norfolk and was hoping ou may be able to give me information on where i can obtain parts for a 1960 johnson super seahorse (otherwise known as rds -22)

 

[kitkat1963]

Re: Fuel/Oil mix

Hi John LL, I got my parts from Bill Higham Marine in Manchester.<br />http//www.billhigham.co.uk<br />Tel: 0161 790 7678<br />E-Mail info@billhigham.co.uk<br />Hope this helps you.

 

[kitkat1963]

Re: Fuel/Oil mix

Laddies, I only ran it for 5 mins after the rebuild, before that, it hadn't been run for about 12 months, so I guess that a) it was cold, and b) there was still quite a fair bit of crap in the cylinders etc which would need burning off. The carb was set thus; slow running jet +1 turn from 'shut', and the high speed jet +1.5 turns from 'shut', so I guess that wouldn't have been too far from the mark.