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You do not need to remove the engine, mine is removed because of a crack in the crankcase as you can see in the first picture. Losing antifreeze with no apparent leak it still runs. Too much oil, too much pressure in the crank case or a misalignment of the centrifuge holes on the shaft. The coolant mixes with the oil into a brown or creamcolored frothy consistency. Use a propane torch to heat the crankcase and the aluminum scrap where the scrap touches the edges of the hole in the crankcase. The tusk crankcase splitter is a must for disassembling vertically split 2 and 4stroke crankcases.
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