85 marathon oil pumph

[ezgo hot rod]

Hey guys im rebuilding my 85' ezgo marathon 2 cycle engine. Im putting a whole new top end on and with that on i dont trust the oil pump. So i see some people just take it off and pre-mix. If someone who has done this could post some pics. Also is this a good idea? Someone who has done this please let me know if taking it out and pre-mixing works for you.
Thanks!!!
,Ethan

[Dave Box]

I am one of the many who has removed the pump and now premixes. All I did was to cut the oil pipe about 2 inches from the elbow and then sealed the end with a suitably sized screw and some mastic. The oil pump is held on to the cooling shroud by three screws and the oil tank by three bolts to the firewall. I removed both of these items just to keep the engine bay tidy.

If you do this I recommend that you drain the gasoline from your carburetter and pump otherwise you will for a while be running neat gas and on a rebuilt engine.... well you can imagine. You can then refill your tank with gasoil. I wrap a shop towel around the filler of the tank and blow hard to prime the pump and carburetter

Now for the contentious part. There are many guys out there who have many ideas regarding the gas oil ratio. I use the ratios detailed in the manual which states,

For the first tank with a new engine (or in your case a rebuilt engine) mix at 40:1. Thereafter 128:1. For your reference 40:1 is 3 ounces of oil per gallon of gas and 128:1 is 1 ounce per gallon.

I hope this helps
Dave Box

[GoTeeMan]

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[WGW Foods]

Hi, I have a 1988 2pg I mix 128:1 amsoil no smoke, no pluge fowling, and muffler has not pluged up in 3 years. Good luck.

[ezgo hot rod]

thanks guys