Im looking at a boat with a motor that has a oil injection problem. how much does it cost to fix a?

Question

oil injector? also how much does it cost to replace a oil injector?

Answer 1

Nowhere NEAR as costly as fixing (or replacing) the motor when that oil injector fails on you.  Even a rebuilt oil injector is risky to use...ask any seasoned outboard guy.  Forget the injector.  Take an extra three minutes and mix your gas/oil.

Answer 2

First off the VRO is exclusive to OMC motors (Johnson & Evinrude).  Secondly you need to have the motor checked to make sure there is not already any internal damage.  Do a compression check.  There should be no more than a 12-15 psi difference in any 2 cylinders.  

If the compression is good, have the oil injection disabled by a certified marine technician.  Then you will have to mix the gas and oil yourself using a 50:1 gas/oil ratio with a quality TCW-3 oil.

Having the oil injection disabled is a lot cheaper than if the oil injection does fail.  And if it is an older Mercury IT WILL.  In older Mercurys a plastic gear on the crank drives a steel gear in the oil injector.  Think about it, plastic driving steel.

Answer 3

Its not the motor that has the problem, it is the oil pump, they are pretty easy to work on. The cost would depend on what kind of a motor you have and the horsepower.

Answer 4

are you talking bout the oil mixes with the gas automatically,

called a VRO?? if so you can simply disable the pump and mix the gas and oil yourself.