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Unread 05-28-2012, 07:35 PM
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Default Just poured a gallon of oil into my bilge

I forgot to connect the hose to the filler neck when doing my resto. I noticed the sound of dripping from my transom drain, it was blue..

I immediately knew what had happened. At least it was cheap oil...
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Unread 05-29-2012, 02:23 PM
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When they disconnected my oil line to remove my engine for my transom job my ENTIRELY FULL oil tank filled with $45 a gallon evinrude XD 100 oil siphoned into my bilge.
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Money literally "down the drain"
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Hehe, dont feel tooooo bad...........I just pumped 5 quarts into the boat......yep, got to remember to put that oil filter back on
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could have been worst..... i guess
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Yeah, everyone has made a mistake or two here or there. It sucked because I just went to town to buy the oil, come home and waste it.

At least I didn't leave the fuel hose off and re-fueled!
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Yeah, everyone has made a mistake or two here or there. It sucked because I just went to town to buy the oil, come home and waste it.

At least I didn't leave the fuel hose off and re-fueled!
Ya know the good news is that you REALIZED it...think if you had not and taken off across the water...
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As I was cleaning up after working on my engine, I noticed that the oil tank on the top of my 1991 Mercury 200 hp engine was low on oil, so I filled it. Not realizing that the hose leading from the oil tank to the to the engine was cracked.. Put the cowl on, wrapped up for the evening...came back a few days later and noticed oil running down the mid-section of the engine. Took the cowl off and the entire lower pan of the cowling was covered with oil. Total mess. At least I didn't try running the engine...
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