Don S
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Well Jim, the first thing you will need to do is get a service manual (click here for one option.<br />You may have ring problems, but to find out you will need to do at least a Compression Test to determine if you have compression enough to even start the engine.<br />You also need to see if you have spark to the plugs, no spark could indicate bad points, bad coil, burned wire or .........<br />Are you sure the plugs were covered with oil only or did they have water on them.<br />Your overheat problem may also have been a bad impeller, has it been replaced in the last few years?