to vro or not vro....that is the question....

[flash14]

I am installing a vx250 on my 23 seacraft and I am thinking about not putting the oil tank in and just going with the premix method. I am a commercial fisherman and my friends have always done away with the vro systems due to lack of lubrication during the life of the motors. Does anyone have an opinion on this? I always run my motors a little on the rich side to make sure things are well lubricated. I would hate to have a motor blow up on me because of oil issues. What do you think guys?

[Fishjack]

Andrew - if it were me I would go with no VRO.. I know it's kinda a pain to premix.

Just about all of the problems I had with my 225 Johnson were VRO related and (around this area at least) any refirb. Johnson/Evinrude you buy comes without the VRO -
premix only.

I am still running the Yamaha oil injection on my 250 OX-66 but I believe the Yamaha's have a better oil injection system than the older OMC products.

[Michael Vezzosi]

Andrew, I hate to send you somewhere else but I know of a very worthy article from a member of www.continuouswave.com (Boston Whaler site) that may help you decide. Hope I don't offend anyone. Vezo, Part II. 1979 20 MA 1999 Johnson 175 Carbed De-VRO'ed. Hope this helps. Mike.

[Billybob]

Andrew,
If it's an old one I'd disconnect it. I have an old 225 and I disconnected mine.I just don't trust the VRO or the alarms, plus I ended up getting a new pump and saved a few bucks on the non VRO.
It's not bad pre-mixing, plus you'll never be guilty of filling your gas tank via the rodholders [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[peterb]

Several years ago i bought a rebuilt 1997 Johnson 175 HP Ocean Runner. The guy would only warrantee it if I pre-mixed. He claimed that OMC's VRO killed many a good engine. I never found premix to be that bad, expect for two things.
1. Since I premixed at 50 to 1 the Johnson would smoke like a chimmney if I trolled with her a lot.
2. It forced me to only put in gas at good round numbers (like 25 or 50 gallons)

[flash14]

I think I will bag the idea of having oil injection through the VRO setup. I have always premixed and it's not that bad. I just don't trust them at all. Thanks for the help guys! I feel better about this now. Some guys I talked to at a party last night thought I was nuts about getting rid of something that is supposed to make things less of a hassle. They were also guys who can afford to have a motor blow up on them. That just means they get to buy a newer one. I wish I had that type of cashola! Thanks again guys.