No oil light

[The Baron]

Had water in oil tank. Cleaned it out along with the strainer and float. Put new oil in and purged the line. Still got no oil light on at low rpms. Thought maybe no oil sensor was bad so took that off and cleaned it (3 times) still no oil light came on. Took boat over to outboard motor service to let them diagnose whats wrong. Ill post their findings when they get back to me

[JERRYA]

Baron,
The bad rap on VRO's seems to be with older motors where the system tried to vary the oil ratio based on rpms. It appears that that OMC fixed this in the mid 90's and added the Smart Gauges. Doesn't mean the system can't have problems. Here's a good read:

http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/VRO.html

This article talks about water in the tank like you found. It also talks about air leaks in the system causing the no-oil light at idle speeds.

At this point, I see no reason to bypass the system - just something else that needs to be monitored/maintained.

Do post what you find to be the problem.

[The Baron]

Took my boat to outboard motor service and mark said the diaphrams inside the vro were shot so heres what they did: checked compression it was good, re-gapped the plugs, removed shrouds, replaced vapor pump diaphram, glued in air disc, replaced res, needle, and seat and set height, replaced vro pump, bled out hoses, did no oil metering and alarm test and while he had it apart i had him replace the water pump impeller and he topped off my lower unit lube all for the low low price of $1101.62. Im sure i could have got it done cheaper somewhere else but when i first went there and talked to him he showed me around the shop and showed me some vro's he had worked on and i was impressed with his knowledge of my motor. Besides how much is piece of mind worth when your out on the lake with family and friends and your confident your motor will fire up everytime , in any situation, because you had professional job done. Id recommend those guys to anyone as long as they're thick skinned cause his personality can be a little off-ish. Kinda high strung. If you ever met the guy you know what i mean lol. Im happy with the job, the motor runs great now,no alarms, and im a satusfied customer. Happy boating and tight lines