[MaxRat]

to tell the truth I havent really touched the boat as I see alot of things I dont like and I am one of those people who are real anal about having things right...I will NOT rig anything especially where it involves safety...

I kept smelling varnish...like the old fuel kind and when I pulled the engine dipstick I noticed the clean oil smells like varnish...know oil will not smell like varnish on its own I also noticed it is over full by about 6 quarts....

I am thinking the fuel pump has a tear in the diaphram and the gas has gravity fed itself right into the oil...

so another thing to check is to pull the fuel pump and operate it by hand and see....