Reply To: 58 Evinrude 35 Grounding Issue?

[David Stanton]

Use of starting fluid spray is not a good idea because it washes the oil off the bearings. Sprays that say they contain lubricants are better that the ones that don’t, but they were developed for 4-stroke cars, not 2-stroke motors. I have, on occasion , used spray, but very little and only once. These motors need the oil in the gas. Your gas/oil mix is 25 to 1. Oils that say 50 to 1 or 100 to 1 on the container should still be mixed 25 to 1 for your motor. That’s 1 quart of oil to 6 gallons of gas.
Dave