[Rhodes22-list] Outboards

[Ronald Lipton]

Well I may have gotten a lemon.  Time will tell.  I will probably only 
have
about 4 hours on the engine when I pull it for the season.  I will take 
it
to the dealer, and I will probably have to run it in a barrel after he 
has
checked it out to see if there has been any change.

I will keep folks posted on this exciting drama.

Ron
On Sep 22, 2004, at 8:09 PM, cjlowe wrote:

> Ron,
> I got a new 6 hp Nissan outboard last year at the end of the season,I 
> didn't
> use it until this spring.Rather than splash it,and then have to pull 
> it for
> the break-in oil change( we're not allowed to change oil on the 
> water), I
> ran it in a barrel of water at home for two hours,shut it off for 2
> hours,and then ran it for four more hours .Then I called it broken in 
> ,and
> changed the oil,20 hours later it still reads full on the dipstick.When
> running it in the barrel,you could see the exhaust coming out of the
> barrel,but it would disappear before it got a foot above the barrel. 
> After
> running it for 6 hours there was not anymore oil on top of the water 
> than
> when I ran my old 2 stroke for 5 minutes!!
> I have to think something is not right with the motor you have 
> received.
> Before this, I  had a Yamaha 2.5hp 4-stroke , same story, used no oil 
> , and
> very little gas.
> I'm sold on  4-stroke outboards,so far the Nissan has :
> always started on the 2nd pull
> sipped gas
> left no oil trail
> used no oil
> NEVER left me sitting
>   Sure there is a down side:
> Being a 1 cylinder engine there is a little more vibration than I would
> like.
> Out of the box (and I did bring mine home in a box) the motor is a 
> little
> over-propped for a Rhodes 22.I  was warned about this before I bought 
> it,
> but for $110, I thought I'd try it stock first.I'll buy the right prop 
> this
> winter.
> The 6 seems a little loud,sitting back there with it,but everybody I 
> pull up
> next to, remark how quite it is.
> Even over-propped it pushes the Rhodes and a dead pontoon boat just 
> fine,it
> just won't rev as high as it should.
> hope this helps,
>
> Jerry Lowe
>
>
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