Quote Originally Posted by fishbaskett View Post
i thought my 60 hp merc had oil leaking from the foot (90 wt gear oil) but it was the mixing oil in the fuel. I had been trolling alot in cold weather at very slow operating speed and apparently the fuel and oil was not all combusting so the excess oil was leaking out at the exhaust in the prop. You can check it by taking out the drain plug on the foot, if milky looking oil drains it means you most likely have water getting into it some where and it may need a seal replaced or something may be cracked. If it is just clean oil then it may just be excess mixing oil coming from the exhaust. Sorry you got skunked on the fishing, sounds like my luck.

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