Small oil leak from lower unit?

[rbcgonz@aol.com]

I got my mercury 115 going.Turns out it was a bad wire that goes from the distributor to the powerbox.Thank you for your help you'll responded very fast.I let it run for about 5 minutes after i shut it down i noticed a couple of drops of motor oil driping from my prophub,any ideas?

 

[DJ]

Re: Small oil leak from lower unit?

Most likely it is just unburned fuel/oil mix.<br /><br />How does the lower unit lube look?

 

[andrewkafp]

Re: Small oil leak from lower unit?

Smell the oil..<br /><br />If it smells like fuel, it's unburnt 2 stroke.<br />Like gear oil (Pungent odour) could be L/U seals.<br />My guess (Unburnt 2 stroke)

 

[rbcgonz@aol.com]

Re: Small oil leak from lower unit?

The oil smells like fuel,so i guess it's just unburned fuel/oil.Thank you both very much.I got one more question what r.p.m. should that 115 idle at out ofthe water, on the muffs?I heard it's best to adjust on the water?Any ideas?