Mariner 40 hp.

[basic]

:cry: Hi Guys.The motor on my boat that i was having a problem with, i
took in this morning to get it looked at for the warning sound in the control box.It was the sender that was stuffed,there is a 2month wait to get one,as it has to come from overseas.He can fix it to run ok but it will obviously be my responsibility.The price i am told will be $260 because the tank for oil and the sender are all one,and then there will be the labour on top.But he said there should not be a problem as long as i keep up to the oil.Ah well i will put the seagul motor on the back as a back up and fish inside for a while.I could have done without being the first one to post on this Talking motors post.Ben. :)

[Target]

Ben,
If you havent got it fixed yet, give the guys at Arizona outboards a ring (charmhaven near wyong). I know they have some old 40hp mariners in stock that they were wrecking
Adrian

[basic]

Ben,
If you havent got it fixed yet, give the guys at Arizona outboards a ring (charmhaven near wyong). I know they have some old 40hp mariners in stock that they were wrecking
Adrian

Hi Target.Thank you for that,i have heard of them before,but they never crossed my mind.I think i will have a run up there tomorrow as the wife is going shopping anyway,so i have nothing better to do.If i go up i will put a post in tomorrow and tell what it is like up there.I will take my camera and try to put a few shots on for S F F. to see, it might just help someone else,thanks againTarget. Ben. :D :P

[telcobroker]

there is also the option of mixing your own fuel and totally giving up on the automatic oiling. I can't claim that this is my idea - it certainly has been discussed to death beforehand and my old boat that I sold to Boppa had been "converted" and I couldn't fault it at all.

[basic]

:D Hi guys. Thanks Telcobroker. I have thought about the mixing of oil myself, i remember Iain having a big problem with his motor, and he went that way.Well i will tell you what happened when i went to pick my boay up.I said to the head mechanic,If the sender was working OK.and the pump that injects the oil in broke down,would the sender send out a signal.He said NO.I said.Will the alarm go off if the water is not circulating
he said YES. So it boils down to keeping an eye on the level of oil in the motor which by the way is impossible not to see, as it is shown in a vertical window at the front of the motor as you look back to check the water is spouting out.So as far as i am concerned it was a waste of time ever putting the bloody sender in in the first place.But if i run into any more problems i will definitely go to the mix your own formula.Ben. :D :)

[iain]

I'm glad you called and as always Ben it is a pleasure talking to you.

In summary:
Too much oil is far, far better than not enough. If you have ANY doubt that your oil injection is working then pre mix your petrol at 50:1. In the meanwhile mark the oil level in your reservoir and if you can see it using oil then by all means fill up the fuel with straight petrol form then on.

It's cheap insurance mate. My motor cost me $5 grand to fix and it could have been worse.

When you buy a new motor the manufacturer specifies to run it at 25:1 for the first 10 hours anyway so it can't do too much harm. The worst you can expect is to fill Apple Tree Bay with smoke when you start up, the idle to be a bit rough and the spark plug to go black.

Secondly mate ask the mechanic what it would cost to have the oil injection taken off. I suspect the labour cost will be the same as the labour charge to replace the oil injection which means you are $260 better off. If it's just as easy and the same price to get the oil injection fixed then get it fixed.

Watching the oil level is useless Ben. By the time you realise you're not using any oil you'll be stuffed. With pre mix you can rest assured your motor always has oil and you're not relying on a crappy part to avert a catastrophic failure.

The vast majority of oil injected outboards run flawlessly their entire lives. The problem is that if you're in the small percentage that fail it will cost you big time. I see risk mitigation as the most prudent and wise option.

[bluecod]

Ben, under the circumstances I would agree with Iain - disconnect the injection and run pre-mix

[basic]

:D Iain & Bluecod.I will definetly contact the Mechanic and check the price of removing the oil injection,and go to mix in the tank as needed for safety.I certainly cant afford for the motor to blow on me,Thanks very much for the interest shown in the problem. :D Ben.

[bluecod]

Ben, If it does, that old Evinrude 40 didn't need all that much work - a couple of rubber seals and new flutter valves and she'd be fine.