sutor623
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Hey fellas, long time no see.
I am graduating into a bigger boat. I am looking at a boat with a 1995 OMC/Evinrude 130HP. Model number is E130TXAOR. Its dual head, 4 cylinder. Was put up 6 years ago. I have a few questions about it. The owner is a good friend of mine so I am very confident that what he is telling me is true. Motor is clean. Will be checking compression before I take her home.
1. I have heard mixed things about the mid-late 90's evinrudes. Is the build quality up to par?
2. The boat has a 65 gallon fuel tank, so I have no desire to try and mix oil with gas. The motor has a VRO pump (if that is still what they were called in the 90's). Should I trust the pump and let her fly, or remove it and mix ungodly amounts of oil into the huge fuel tank?
3. The owner told me that he flooded the carbs with oil from the VRO oil pump tank (by squeezing the primer bulb) when he put the boat up. The motor is free. I plan to rebuild the carbs regardless. Is this normal behavior, or does this sound wacky? Maybe I mis-understood him.
4. Does this motor have 4 carburetors?
Here's some shots of her. Thanks fellas.
I am graduating into a bigger boat. I am looking at a boat with a 1995 OMC/Evinrude 130HP. Model number is E130TXAOR. Its dual head, 4 cylinder. Was put up 6 years ago. I have a few questions about it. The owner is a good friend of mine so I am very confident that what he is telling me is true. Motor is clean. Will be checking compression before I take her home.
1. I have heard mixed things about the mid-late 90's evinrudes. Is the build quality up to par?
2. The boat has a 65 gallon fuel tank, so I have no desire to try and mix oil with gas. The motor has a VRO pump (if that is still what they were called in the 90's). Should I trust the pump and let her fly, or remove it and mix ungodly amounts of oil into the huge fuel tank?
3. The owner told me that he flooded the carbs with oil from the VRO oil pump tank (by squeezing the primer bulb) when he put the boat up. The motor is free. I plan to rebuild the carbs regardless. Is this normal behavior, or does this sound wacky? Maybe I mis-understood him.
4. Does this motor have 4 carburetors?
Here's some shots of her. Thanks fellas.
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