Oil in transom

[THEFERMANATOR]

FICHT's have 2 oil lines going between the tank and the engine. There's a feed and a return line. Going to have to check them, but if they're original, replace them. You should replace them about every 5 years or so just like fuel lines. As to it smoking, a FICHT engine should be clean pretty much all the time if you're running good oil in it. You are running a DFI oil in it, aren't you? If not, that is a sure fire way to kill one of them engines. Regular TCW3 oil is not up to the task of oiling a DFI engine, and you should really stick with a DFI oil like XD50 or MERCURY's DFI oil for it.

[Frazer]

It has had the Evinrude TC-W3 synthetic most of its life. I will definitely try the other.

[steplift20]

Listen to thefermanator he really knows his stuff

[Frazer]

Just ordered some online :)

[bradford]

Also ETECs can be set up to run at 50:1 or 100:1. Don't know about the fichts, but I would want to know what it's set at and run the best possible oil.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by bradford

Also ETECs can be set up to run at 50:1 or 100:1. Don't know about the fichts, but I would want to know what it's set at and run the best possible oil.

FICHT's are strictly 50:1 as brp xd50 and xd100 wasnt around for the FICHT's. OMC thought regular tcw3 was fine, and it was one of the causes of so many FICHT issues. The 150/175 had most of its cylinder failures from carbon buildup from tcw3 oil.