OK, lost the first post that took me ten minutes to type out….No comment….
Anyway, I don’t think there is a way of “recapturing” the excess fuel/oil that would otherwise drain down and out of this engine, unlike the larger engines with the external drain port cover. I suppose it is possible that the little drain/reed is partially stuck open on the back side (closest to pistons), of the reed plate. Not tough to check on this engine, the gaskets should have been installed dry. I suppose it would be possible to temporarily plug off the little drain passage that leads down and out of the crankcase, but the word temporary is key here. Don’t stick anything in there that can’t be easily removed for this “experiment”. Unfortunately, with the passage plugged off, my guess is that the engine will load up at idle and have to be “blown out” frequently to expel the stuff that puddles up in the crankcase at low speeds. Needless to say, all this is counter productive if you use the engine to fish/troll.
