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<blockquote data-quote="Yoby" data-source="post: 29473" data-attributes="member: 631">I was out on the Red about a month ago now and dropped my jon boat in with my 6hp seahorse(johnson). I had started it up and for whatever reason it wouldn't rev up quite right.&nbsp; I dicked with the lean/rich and little change.&nbsp; Well at the end of the night I had ended up breaking the pull rope.&nbsp; I had looked at it again until last night.Thinking I was going to need to go through the carbs (even though I had done that last year), I started simple with the spark plugs.&nbsp; The first plug indicated that I was running heavy on the mixture (oily look), the other plug (bottom) was completely different.&nbsp; When I pulled it, there is no way it was sparking right.&nbsp; It was completely covered in a milky dark gel.&nbsp; It reminded me almost of axle grease.&nbsp; My only assumption is that there is water getting in some how (have only seen that when water and oil mix).&nbsp; Don't know if it was from condensation from sitting over winter, bad fuel, or I have a gasket leak.&nbsp; I am going to do a compression test tonight to see if its a gasket.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yoby, post: 29473, member: 631"] I was out on the Red about a month ago now and dropped my jon boat in with my 6hp seahorse(johnson). I had started it up and for whatever reason it wouldn't rev up quite right. I dicked with the lean/rich and little change. Well at the end of the night I had ended up breaking the pull rope. I had looked at it again until last night. Thinking I was going to need to go through the carbs (even though I had done that last year), I started simple with the spark plugs. The first plug indicated that I was running heavy on the mixture (oily look), the other plug (bottom) was completely different. When I pulled it, there is no way it was sparking right. It was completely covered in a milky dark gel. It reminded me almost of axle grease. My only assumption is that there is water getting in some how (have only seen that when water and oil mix). Don't know if it was from condensation from sitting over winter, bad fuel, or I have a gasket leak. I am going to do a compression test tonight to see if its a gasket. [/QUOTE]

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