Reply To: Crankshaft condition

[salnaes]

Update. I removed the flywheel now to have a proper inspection of oil and gas spill. It’s wet under the flywheel on the armature plate where magnetos are located. It’s also wet on the throttle cam underneath the armature plate and also on the bottom of the lower motor cover. So suddenly I got a little nervous if this gasoline and oil spill could be causing an engine fire due to sparks from the braker points.

I really don’t know if all this oil and petrol spill is caused by the upper seal issue, or if there are other leakages elsewhere. I’m a little worried since it seems to be to much spill. So this is quite depressing, since I’m about to sell both the boat and the Evinrude as a complete package in a huge boating event early in May.

My only  chance in such a short period of time is to remove the upper seal and put the new seal on the crankshaft a little higher than before. I also have to clean the armature plate and the lower motor cover from fuel.

To be able to place the seal properly and a little higher up on the shaft, I was wondering if a washer underneath the seal could do the trick? What do you think? After all the seal has to be installed using a spesial tool to tap the seal evenly down in the upper bearing on the crankshaft. I don’t have such a tool, but a socket with similar diameter as the seal should do the work. To be sure the seal is not driven to far down on the shaft, I hope that a washer of similar diameter underneath could be helpful.

I also would be happy to have any suggestions on how to clean up all fuel spill.