I've got a 90hp 2000 elpto s/n OT087666 with about 500 hrs on it.
I'm concerned that the auto oiling thing is gonna fail, if not the pump then a hose somewhere, clamp etc.. I've been told disabling is not that simple because the pump is driven off the crank so it requires a teardown to remove the pump and the pump needs the oil flow to keep from failing/seizing itself. So I am thinking a solution to the problem would be to disconnect the oil output going to the carbs and simply have those hoses dump their oil back into the oil tank. So it would just be a big oil loop.
Any problems with that shade tree mod?
I'm concerned that the auto oiling thing is gonna fail, if not the pump then a hose somewhere, clamp etc.. I've been told disabling is not that simple because the pump is driven off the crank so it requires a teardown to remove the pump and the pump needs the oil flow to keep from failing/seizing itself. So I am thinking a solution to the problem would be to disconnect the oil output going to the carbs and simply have those hoses dump their oil back into the oil tank. So it would just be a big oil loop.
Any problems with that shade tree mod?