De Hoog
Active member
Hi all. I have a 1974 9.9 HP Evinrude that I picked up last year. It's super clean and was hardly used by the previous owner. I had it gone through at my local marina after it ran a bit rough. After a new carb kit, new spark plugs and new fuel pump later, she runs like a top. I put it inside my heated shop for the winter after running it about a half dozen times through summer and fall.
I took it out this past weekend for the first fishing trip of the year. Temp was 35-50 degrees through the day and water temp was 38-39 degrees. Had no problems starting and she ran great. I trolled and ran to different spots around the resevoir. After about two hours, I put the motor in neutral to check my gear and noticed small white chunks of grease about the size of a pencil eraser and smaller coming out of the exhaust hub on the prop. I put it in forward and it stopped. Put it in neutral again and more, but not as much, grease came out. Put it in reverse, it stopped.
I idled back to the dock hoping not to do any damage. Any ideas? It was enough to make me nervous something was going on and I'm no expert by any means when it comes to motors. I'd rather pick your brains first rather than drop a lot of coin I don't have at the marina.
By the way, no fish were caught. Not even a sniff. But it was good to get out after a winter of weekly tackle organization.
I took it out this past weekend for the first fishing trip of the year. Temp was 35-50 degrees through the day and water temp was 38-39 degrees. Had no problems starting and she ran great. I trolled and ran to different spots around the resevoir. After about two hours, I put the motor in neutral to check my gear and noticed small white chunks of grease about the size of a pencil eraser and smaller coming out of the exhaust hub on the prop. I put it in forward and it stopped. Put it in neutral again and more, but not as much, grease came out. Put it in reverse, it stopped.
I idled back to the dock hoping not to do any damage. Any ideas? It was enough to make me nervous something was going on and I'm no expert by any means when it comes to motors. I'd rather pick your brains first rather than drop a lot of coin I don't have at the marina.
By the way, no fish were caught. Not even a sniff. But it was good to get out after a winter of weekly tackle organization.