Originally Posted by
Takeum
First of all,,, the VRO engines are run by a nylon type of gear that runs off the crank. Once that gears goes bad , the engines gets damaged and it’s a huge repair ,,,Bad engineering imho. ,, by doing away with the mixing you bypass the VRO and are dedicated to mixing your own fuel from that point on. The mercury engine are bulletproof really once they do that,,, it’s just 2 strokes engines are not made for idol ing around the lake at 2.0 mph,,, they,, like dirt bikes like to rev and run at higher speeds where they run the cleanest,,,