Reply To: cleaning outside oil line on OMC 50’s motors

[Bob Wight]

Whenever I’m doing a mechanical restoration on one of the 50s OMC classics, I’ll take that line off and blow some parts cleaner through it just to be sure it’s clear.  On all the ones I’ve done, I’ve never found one that had a plugged line, even on those that sat for many years before I got it.

Bob

1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1957 Evinrude 3022
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20
1982 Evinrude 25hp

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