Hi everyone,
I am about to pick up a Checkmate Enchanter equipped with a 1998 200 EFI mercury outboard (2 stroke). It had a rebuilt powerhead put on last year (Only 40 hours). I am relatively new to outboards (always had I/O). I was reading horror stories about the oil injectors clogging and frying the engine. I mentioned this to the seller, and he mentioned that to prevent this he adds 2 cycle oil to the gas at each fill-up in addition to using the oil injectors. Said the only downside is having to replace the fouled up plugs each year. Anyone else doing this? Had any issues from having “too much” oil in the engine??
thanks,
Pat
I am about to pick up a Checkmate Enchanter equipped with a 1998 200 EFI mercury outboard (2 stroke). It had a rebuilt powerhead put on last year (Only 40 hours). I am relatively new to outboards (always had I/O). I was reading horror stories about the oil injectors clogging and frying the engine. I mentioned this to the seller, and he mentioned that to prevent this he adds 2 cycle oil to the gas at each fill-up in addition to using the oil injectors. Said the only downside is having to replace the fouled up plugs each year. Anyone else doing this? Had any issues from having “too much” oil in the engine??
thanks,
Pat