First of all, I loved reading your post (I'm not kidding). Mark Twain lives!! I'm a big fan of colloquial writing.
Anyway, you got a lot of good advice here. So to summerize, I'd say, clean up the engine room and bilge then and the observe. You can see lots of white surface in the the engine room and bilge right? If not, keepa cleanin'. It sounds like you could handle the loose dip stick tube or drain plug but if oil is seeping from the engine in general... it's diesel mechanic time. Best of luck and may the four winds blow you safely home!! On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Charlene Dryer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Oh, man, am I so glad I have an outboard! > Charlene > > --- On Thu, 9/3/09, radkins3885 > <[email protected]<robadkins%40lifetalefilms.com>> > wrote: > > From: radkins3885 <[email protected]<robadkins%40lifetalefilms.com>> > > Subject: [IC27A] OIL, BLACK GOLD, TEXAS TEA! > To: [email protected] <IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 5:20 PM > > > > hi Yawl, > > ok, so i'ma new to havin' an engine NOT hangin' off this here transom but > actually bein' inboard. today i was a checkin' the bilge fer water and found > sumpin akin to that which shuttant be in the bilge in the first place. Oil! > then i went a checkin' in the engine compartment, ya know there where the > engine is kept, and found summore. Oil! well now like i said before i'ma new > to this here engine stuff so i was a just wonderin' if i should be a writin' > out a check to my local mechanic now or iffin' i should wait to here from > you nice folks on the subject first. waddyathink? how much do ya reckon > this'll cost me? > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
