Weep Hole Crud - Seems like too much?

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big_chief

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I know the weep holes are supposed to "weep" after running the motor. But is this much crud normal?

I ran the motor yesterday for about 20 mins in the driveway with some earmuffs... and this started about 5 minutes after I shut it off. It drips for about 15 minutes... and fills about 2-3 ounces (best guess).

It looks nearly black... kind of dark greyish. Has a thick consistancy.

I just changed the lower unit oil... and its clearly coming from a weep hole... In one of the pictures, you can see it coming from the upper weep also.

This is an older 2 stroke (Johnson 28HP SPL) using 50 mix... The exhaust comes out ABOVE the prop.

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Rick.

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Re: Weep Hole Crud - Seems like too much?

Sure looks/sounds excessive for a twenty minute run time. Check to make sure you have spark on both cylinders next time you run it. You could also crack the drain/fill plug just to check that no water is in there but it looks like it is just unburned fuel/oil from running the motor. At the end of a days trolling I try to remember to run my outboard at high speed for a few minutes to clean some of that stuff out before shutting down but you can't do that on muffs. Best of luck. Rick.
 
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boobie

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Re: Weep Hole Crud - Seems like too much?

If the G/C oil is okay, take the mtr to the water and run the heck out of it. And then check it again.
 
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big_chief

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Re: Weep Hole Crud - Seems like too much?

Motor starts easy... and runs pretty solid. Its alittle picky at idle, but after it warms up... runs good.

Boobie... I was thinking the exact same thing. I'm in the middle of swapping a steering cable now... but planned on just taking it out to see how it does... just wanted to get some thoughts before I took it out.

I put a cup under the motor to catch it... and today I noticed the water was clearly separated from the black residue (oil).

I'll keep everyone updated.

Thanks for the insights,
 
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