Thanks, should I just plug it up then? yeah always 50:1 in the tank since I had it.
Yea right....rates right up there with the Autoblend units reliability.
Owned two of them, neither worked right. My marine mechanics ( multiple) have never trusted them. Excessive warranty claims on the VRO system is one of the things that bankrupted OMC. All my marine folks recomend the Mercury oil injection system over the VRO.
Maybe one of the "things", but the Ficht is what secured their demise.
I live in a major boating area. Back in the day I would guess 5 or 6 OMC dealers and 5 or 6 Mercury dealers. They all would work on a freaking electric shift, but it seemed like they still were a problem when the motor came back. I was personally not a mechanic, so I had to rely on the dealer.
Yamaha was not in the USA market. When OMC's patents expired, they came over here with a big splash. They may have made improvements to the OMC designs, I dunno, but they certainly claimed that in their advertising campaigns.
Omc never went back to the 50 to 1 mix. They used the vro until they went to fuel injection.
Many years back a worked with a fellow that had one of the early versions, had numerous issues with it, the dealer called Johnson for warranty claim review, he showed me the letter from Johnson, they recomended the dealer bypass the vro system and run the motor on 50-1 premix from then on. Appears even the factory did not have faith in there own system. I owned two that did not work properly, in my own circle of boating friends, no one has had issues with the Mercury system so far. I was always an OMC fan, since the 50's, but the vro system was one of the issues that sent OMC into bankruptcy. I am sure there are those that have had good sucess with them, but in my area, they are not trusted by most.
Idiot lights have made everybody lazy.
The mercury oil pump is run by a nylon gear. Why you trust that? Mercury has big money. They can get anyone to say whatever they want. Vro problems occur because people don't follow instructions. You must use the special hose clamps. And all hoses must be sealed perfectly for it to work. But yes, as far as a device that relies air puffs to mix oil and gas, the vro is still the best ever designed, to this day. Not my opinion. Just the stats.
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