Old Outboard Motor Help

[sneak_e_pete]

Hello, I have a 1966 Viking 6hp motor that I have some questions about. The motor was given to me by my wife's uncle several years ago, and I finally pulled it out to try and get it running. 2 new spark plugs and it fired right up. The question I have, is that it seems to smoke a lot, and I am not sure what is normal for a motor of that age. I started it with water in a garbage can, and it spit water out fine. I double checked that I had the correct fuel mixture and it was correct at 50:1. The smoke was coming from the garbage pail. At idle it was minimal, but when I gave it more gas, the smoke increased quite a bit. I did change the lower unit oil before running it.

 

Is this normal for a motor of that age? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[BITEME]

if you got it running that is good

smoke is from exhaust

keep running it if it continues use less oil it is okay to play around a bit its 43 years old

[sneak_e_pete]

Thanks. I also need to play around with the mixture because it stalls if I don't keep the throttle open a little (i.e. it dies if I let go of the handle).