[Rhodes22-list] To Ron Lipton

[Ronald Lipton]

Jerry,

   I got the 6hp long shaft.  If you remember there were some initial
oil burning problems.  Those went away after the engine was broken in.
Last year the engine lost power and would die if I tried to go past
1/3 throttle.  That was fixed by cleaning out the carb and replacing
the spark plug.  I had heard that the fours are very sensitive to
gas quality and that was likely the problem.  I used fuel stabilizer,
but I only used one tank all summer and there may have also been
problems due to water absorption.  Next year I will rotate my gas
more often.

   You are probably right about the engine being over-propped. I also
rarely go to fully RPM and would not mind going slower at idle.  I will
check out the 4hp prop.  Thanks for the advice.

go bears,

Ron
On Jan 21, 2007, at 7:47 PM, cjlowe wrote:

> Ron,
>
> After a year,how do you like your Nissan  outboard? Did you get the 
> long shaft (25") ,or the 20" ? I bought the 6 HP with the 20" shaft. I 
> haven't had any problems, other than it seems to be over propped.It 
> never seemed to get up to full RPM,at a little past half throttle,I 
> couldn't gain any more RPM's. Last year I bought the 4 HP prop for 
> it,put it on,and enjoyed a big difference. It's slower at an idle for 
> docking,and gets to full rpm and probably an extra pony lives in that 
> higher rpm range. I think I might have lost a little in MPG,but at 6 
> gallons a year,I can budget for it.
>
> Jerry Lowe
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