Autoblend

[OnTheWaterNow]

Hello, I have a autoblend that im using with no problems.I know they arent liked by many but mine has been in use since 1994 so I keep an eye on it and like only having to fill it up 3 times a year instead of every time I fuel the tank.
My motor is a 1994 mariner 50 hp 3 cly 2 stroke(not big foot) serial# oc161757 My question is what is the difference between autoblend and autoblend II? I found a new (nos) autoblend II for $25.00 dollars. Thought I would get it to have for $25.00.Will it work with my motor? Or is it for totaly different setup? I could not find any info anywhere,thanks for any info.Also it is new never used still in box but was manufactured in 1989 are there any parts that could go bad from just sitting in box?

 

[achris]

Re: Autoblend

Hello, I have a autoblend that im using with no problems.I know they arent liked by many but mine has been in use since 1994 so I keep an eye on it and like only having to fill it up 3 times a year instead of every time I fuel the tank.
My motor is .......

running on borrowed time!

Autoblend or Autobelend II, same animal, different name (almost)...

 

[OnTheWaterNow]

Re: Autoblend

Well 16 years is a pretty good run.And its still going I just found this other one and thought for $25.00 I would get it just in case. I would rather hook up another one instead of jacking around with the wiring and lines if it did ever quit. I just not sure if it is the same thing it looks a little different.

 

[saumon]

Re: Autoblend

Sorry guy but your engine is not a 1994 but a 1989.

Merc ditch the Auto-blend and replace it on those triples with the newer oil injection system (wich is far more reliable: crankshaft driven oil pump) in 1991 from serial 0D000750 and up. The only change they made is that, from 1991 to 1993, it's a constant ratio (50:1) pump and, from 1994 up, it's a variable ratio pump (60:1@idle to 50:1@WOT) linked to the bottom carb.

 

[OnTheWaterNow]

Re: Autoblend

my motor is a 1994 title says so and all the parts I buy says so now the boat is 1981.so the motor was changed that autoblend in it now could be from the origanal motor?

 

[saumon]

Re: Autoblend

From your serial and the fact that it as the Auto-blend system, i'm pretty sure it's a 1989.

 

[OnTheWaterNow]

Re: Autoblend

I think so because I have A title And when I give shops my serial # its a 1994 like I said the boat is 1981 so that auto blend could be from the 1981 motor.Is the autoblend and the autoblend II the same mix ratio

 

[achris]

Re: Autoblend

Anybody could put anything on the title, doesn't make it a fact. The engine may have been fitted in '94. That doesn't make it a '94 engine.... This is from a Mercury Marine book called 'Publications and starting serial numbers'....

It quite clearly shows the serial number of your engine being in the 1989 year group.

 

[saumon]

Re: Autoblend

As I previously said, Auto-blend can't be "added", as post-1991 engines already have a different oiling system(see my previoust post).

And for the shops you go, they probably simply enter your serial # in their computer and order parts accordingly, without bothering with the year you say it was...

 

[OnTheWaterNow]

Re: Autoblend

My serial # is OC161757 not sure if you are looking up the right number I have bought many parts for that motor and they tell me its a 1994

 

[saumon]

Re: Autoblend

Please re-read my previous post

 

[achris]

Re: Autoblend

My serial # is OC161757 not sure if you are looking up the right number I have bought many parts for that motor and they tell me its a 1994

Well they are telling you BS! Did you even look at the listing? [size=+3]1989!!![/size]

And as 'saumon' stated, Autoblend finished in 1991. IF your engine was 1994 it would have an internal oil tank with an oil pump, NOT Autoblend!!!

 

[OnTheWaterNow]

Re: Autoblend

ok I belive you but thats crazy I just checked the serial number on the motor and its correct and it does not have a tank on the motor it is an autoblend I checked the title it says 1994 so wonder how that happened.so do you no if an autoblend II is the same as autoblend thanks and sorry for my ignorance

 

[OnTheWaterNow]

Re: Autoblend

I did look at the listing but those serial numbers circled start with b mine starts with OC

 

[achris]

Re: Autoblend

I did look at the listing but those serial numbers circled start with b mine starts with OC

Oh boy!!

Your serial number is 0C161757... All engines between 0B396036 and 0C221499 (and that includes yours) were built in 1989....

 

[saumon]

Re: Autoblend

"Now I'm a believer / Not a trace of doubt in my mind /..." Neil Diamond

 

[achris]

Re: Autoblend

... the title it says 1994 so wonder how (could) that happened....

Someone lied when it was re-powered... Happens all the time.

Chris............

 

[OnTheWaterNow]

Re: Autoblend

Ok so your saying the po baught the motor from someone and they told po it was 1994 somthing like that then maybe po got a title for it as 1994? thats funny that the shop from me said it was 1994 or maybe I told shop 1994 but they just didnt correct me cus all parts I get for it are right. thanks for setting me straight. so is the two different autoblends the same.

 

[saumon]

Re: Autoblend

so is the two different autoblends the same.

Dunno but same or not, you're better to get rid of it as they're prone to fail, even when new.

 

[OnTheWaterNow]

Re: Autoblend

yeah I read that alot guess I need to take it out and forget about it or just keep an eye on it It defenitly is working now. and the way it looks its now older than I thought.