Yes I’ve had the covers off, actually had the whole fuel line apart to clean out already.

Hmm, I will check the connections between the tank and carb again. I saw the compression fittings there, and I tightened not too much, but not too little either. Seems to not be, but with all the vibrations in the tank, possibly.

Any recommendation for the sealant? I did not add any sealant to the connection, just tightened down on the compression fittings.

Well, not sure why it’s still leaking. I’m going to have to dive further. I tightened everything there, checked it, and not sure again. It’s not leaking out of the fuel system. It looks more like it’s leaking directly above the drive shaft. But I could be wrong. Lots of gas/oil mix all over the place. Maybe it’s just leaking out of the carb gasket when it’s running with the pressure made there.

No matter, I took it to the lake today. Great little motor. Ran it hard for an hour, two people in an aluminum row boat. Grossly underpowered, but extremely fun to run. Great to see the look of other guys on the dock pulling that out. They thought I was nuts, but I enjoyed it. Ran out of gas in the middle of the lake, but a quick refill from the tank on-board the boat and back running. I was immensely impressed with it’s ability to run hard, and running super-lean. I was quite impressed how towards the lean end it was running!