hughybabes
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A simple question.
What does VRO stand for?
Thankyou
What does VRO stand for?
Thankyou
does my 2001 johnson have vro?
Thanks very much for the replies. I am much better informed now.
Thanks. A very informative article. A dealer over here in Melbourne Australia told me to diconnect the fuel line to the motor when boat is pulled from the water as pressure can still draw oil into the carbs. (When the boat was first purchased carbs were full of oil after it had been sitting for some time).
We have following that advice.....Is it necessary?
I just purchased a boat with an 88' Johnson 110 VRO. While getting tune-up parts, the tech recommended that I disconnect and plug the oil line and disconnect alarm wires and go with pre-mix fuel. Said that he's seen several motors burnt due to VRO going bad. So who here have a VRO that's converted to pre-mixing their fuel?
I just purchased a boat with an 88' Johnson 110 VRO. While getting tune-up parts, the tech recommended that I disconnect and plug the oil line and disconnect alarm wires and go with pre-mix fuel. Said that he's seen several motors burnt due to VRO going bad. So who here have a VRO that's converted to pre-mixing their fuel?
... and one to tell you the pump isn't getting enough oil for the amount of gas flowing.
dajohnson53 said:To me, this is a pretty good warning system. I've never read anything that leads me to believe that the other major outboard oiling systems are better functionally or have better alarms, or that systems that have normal maintenance and inspections aren't very good. On the other hand, I continually watch the level on my oil tank!
VRO2 has the two alarms. VRO didn't have a monitor on the pump.
And on every single rebuild I have done for a VRO2 failure, this second alarm was also faulty. And this may be why OMC have introduced yet another system....
Good idea, but by the time you notice that the oil level isn't falling, you're already under tow back to port....
I have seen more VRO and VRO2 failures resulting in re-builds than all the other systems put together, many times over!
Chris.........
Now being a pre-mixer it gives me a warmer and fuzzier feeling that if the fuel is getting through then so is the oil !!!
How long has VRO2 been out of production?
dingbat said:Any experience with the OMS "System Check" systems?