I am changing engines on my rib and Have a question. My last engine (yamaha 200 2 stroke) was a premix set-up which i actually found convenient. I have quite large fuel tanks on the boat and it was simple to put in 50 litres of fuel and 1 litre of oil. I was always confident that if the engine got petrol it also got oil. This latest engine (yamaha 175 2 stroke) is auto-lube so I would have to install an oil tank and route cables and a pipeline between the 2. I have been told that it is an easy option to disconnect the auto-lube system and continue as I was. What do the masses think?
dunno technically, my 90 yam had an autolube, it was been removed before i got it, and now runs pre mix, works fine and has done for the 5 years i've had it.
Yes - have done it and it works perfectly. The only reason we did this was because the engine was in such inconvenient place (on a sail boat) so removing the outboard cowling wasn't easy...
advice is to give to a mechanic (motorcycle mechanics do this job very often) as you need to adjust the pilot jets etc. after this process..
