Re: Premix vs Oil Injection
that mixing in a jerry jug is great, however last febuary I got to put a 28ft mako on a string due to mechanic/owner ignoraance.<br /> wind was 30 or so out of the southwest.<br /> I was running from colington back to kitty hawk. right of the dock of the bay channel was the boat dead in the water and dragging anchor towards the mudbank.<br /> got a line on him and dragged him back out to thick water.<br />boat had a pair of 95 225 jonnyrudes.<br /> the mechanic did a tune up and convinced them that if they left the VRO rather than routine replacing them, they would spend eternity in purgatory.<br /> the boat held 225 gallons, they had dumped 4 gallons of oil in and added the gas.<br /> problem was the oil sat in the tank like a turd in a punch bowl. just as they entered the bay both fuel systems filled with solid oil and shut down.<br /> like I say, I see far less problems with a well maintained oil injected rig than any premix with built in tanks.<br /> neglect it and they all die.<br />like the guy that tells me the water pump is 10 years old and suddenly failed.<br /> I explain no it worked a year and took 9 to take out a piston, and by the way the pump costs the same.<br />my reccomendation on the VRO/OMS is test the alarm system at least every six months, make sure it always self tets and replace the pump every 6 years.<br /> inspect the lines and tank filter at least yearly. goes double for mercs on the lines.<br />the V mercs run a nylon gear, every gear failure I ever saw was accompanied by a rusty driven gear that ate the drive gear due to improper storage.
