Thank you all..
A teardown and ring and/or valve replacment job is above my pay grade as they say.. If I bring in the marine mechanic to do this worst case, any ideas on how many hours this should take a competent machanic to do? Dont want to be ripped off, the boat is worth practically nothing on paper these days unfortunately...
The engine is having other problems as well, which I'm not sure is related to the smoking or not.. Its running very rough and surging / spluttering. Won't hold constant RPM.. Ive replaced fuel filters and spark plugs to no avail. I have eletric fuel pump, would that possibly be the culprit? I would think it would fail outright, not partially if it was bad?
Any other tips? Bad gas maybe? Should I tear apart the carburetor? Replace the ignition coil, distributor cap and/or cables?
I'm getting a bit out of my depth.... :-(
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