oil injection

[sean1982]

i picked up a 99 2.5 200 powerhead today with oil injection, and im gonna remove it, i was wandering, can i remove the fuel pump on the side of the block so i dont have to feed the fuel through it?
cheers

[maz928]

Yes you can remove the fuel pump and just block up the two holes that go into the crankcase which pulse the fuel pump.
Then fit an electric pump in the boat,but many people like to use the dia/pumps.

[sean1982]

I already have a fuel pump fitted so i wanted to keep it
cheers

[Burty]

whats that got to do with oil injection??

[sean1982]

Nothing, but since im removing the oil injection i wanted to know if i could get rid of that to while i was there.

[larby]

The pumps on the side of the motor are great! I know a good few people who have had problems with an electric pump, me included, but none who have had issues with the block mounted effort, nothing but a bit of rubber to go wrong! May be worth considering keeping it. As Maz said though, it's all just personal preference really!

Glad to hear you're binning the oil injection, those 2.5 200's are amazing motors, i've been campaigning this for some time now! Don't rev the tits off it and it'll be great!

James

[sean1982]

if i was to keep the pump on the block, would i just need a bulb primer?
im putting light flywheel and 16 amp stator, and skimming the heads too.
so should go pretty well.

[larby]

Yeah you will need a primer bulb or pump. They really are cracking motors, mine made a huge difference compared to the xr2 on my first cat.
Are you rebuilding the motor? I hear it's been sat more then just a little while, which could cause all kinds of issues. Just using it as is would be a bit risky IMO.

James

[topgun]

Originally Posted by larby

Yeah you will need a primer bulb or pump. They really are cracking motors, mine made a huge difference compared to the xr2 on my first cat.
Are you rebuilding the motor? I hear it's been sat more then just a little while, which could cause all kinds of issues. Just using it as is would be a bit risky IMO.

James

The boat has not been raced for a while Larby but the motor has been regularly run oiled and inhibited properly.
If I had any doubts on it I would not have got it ready for the race in June, as a qualified marine engineer there is no issues regarding that motor so wherever you are obtaining your info can only serve to scare Shaun when he should just be looking forward to getting his boat back and running

Steve

[NIC SURRY]

Originally Posted by sean1982

i picked up a 99 2.5 200 powerhead today with oil injection, and im gonna remove it, i was wandering, can i remove the fuel pump on the side of the block so i dont have to feed the fuel through it?
cheers

I take it the XR2 was beyond economical repair-if so sorry to hear that,good luck with new motor,Nic

[sean1982]

cheers, but i have the motor at pengs house and he is sprucing it up for me, just replacing head gaskets changing flywheel and stator ect, he has some nice twin sparkpug heads too!

[sean1982]

Originally Posted by NIC SURRY

I take it the XR2 was beyond economical repair-if so sorry to hear that,good luck with new motor,Nic

its not beyond repair nic, just pulled it out of the water still runs fine and doesnt sound that bad but something is up with it, so i took it as a chance to buy a 2.5 instead as i wanted one anyway, an the xr2 will go in the bin.
cheers

[larby]

Originally Posted by topgun

The boat has not been raced for a while Larby but the motor has been regularly run oiled and inhibited properly.
If I had any doubts on it I would not have got it ready for the race in June, as a qualified marine engineer there is no issues regarding that motor so wherever you are obtaining your info can only serve to scare Shaun when he should just be looking forward to getting his boat back and running

Steve

That's cool, glad to hear it's all good. I wasn't trying to scare or anything, hence I posted it openly, just being straight, as usual.
Hope I didn't cause any offence

James

[Burty]

Originally Posted by sean1982

he has some nice twin sparkpug heads too!

I wouldnt bother with them dude, alot of hastle for no real gain unless you plan on revving the arse off it