2004 Utopia w/200 Optimax Jet Drive <60hrs
Previous owner ran Pennzoil Marine Premium Plus 2 stroke oil. Boat runs great and have had out 5-6 times. Not being able to tell level in main 2.5 gallon reservoir, I decided it must be low and to top off before heading out again. Wanting to run what the Mercury manual calls for I purchased a 2 gallon jug of Quicksilver Performance DFI 2 stroke oil. I'm pretty sure the shop I had it serviced at upon purchase a year or two ago said it wouldn't hurt it to switch to a different oil, but best practice to wait until previous oil was mostly gone. I couldn't tell level through tank and was unfamiliar with how the alarm alerted, but figured large tank had to be getting very close to empty so I refilled before heading out for the day. I used the entire 2 gallons and actually overflowed the filled neck with only about a 1/2 cup left in the jug. Took the boat out and ran great for about an hour and a half max run time before the boat began to alert to low oil in engine reservoir. The level had dropped just under the inch mark that trips the alarm. I loosened the small cap on the engine reservoir and let the engine idle to bleed/prime, but no change. Being we were 3-4 miles from the launch, the engine reservoir still had plenty of oil and was obviously using it by the level dropping I decided to drive the boat in at about 2K rpm. Probably a 30 minute run to launch, but no change in level. It did not fill and only seemed to use a small amount being 50:1 injection ratio. I tightened the small reservoir cap and have not run it since (about 3 weeks). I used the boat in the gulf and intercoastal so the can be pretty choppy conditions. Tech mentioned I probably just got air in the small reservoir and to bleed through cap as previously mentioned, but it did not pressurize.
I am assuming I will have to drop in water again to retry as I hear not to run on hose more that 3 or 4 minutes.
Any suggestions?
Previous owner ran Pennzoil Marine Premium Plus 2 stroke oil. Boat runs great and have had out 5-6 times. Not being able to tell level in main 2.5 gallon reservoir, I decided it must be low and to top off before heading out again. Wanting to run what the Mercury manual calls for I purchased a 2 gallon jug of Quicksilver Performance DFI 2 stroke oil. I'm pretty sure the shop I had it serviced at upon purchase a year or two ago said it wouldn't hurt it to switch to a different oil, but best practice to wait until previous oil was mostly gone. I couldn't tell level through tank and was unfamiliar with how the alarm alerted, but figured large tank had to be getting very close to empty so I refilled before heading out for the day. I used the entire 2 gallons and actually overflowed the filled neck with only about a 1/2 cup left in the jug. Took the boat out and ran great for about an hour and a half max run time before the boat began to alert to low oil in engine reservoir. The level had dropped just under the inch mark that trips the alarm. I loosened the small cap on the engine reservoir and let the engine idle to bleed/prime, but no change. Being we were 3-4 miles from the launch, the engine reservoir still had plenty of oil and was obviously using it by the level dropping I decided to drive the boat in at about 2K rpm. Probably a 30 minute run to launch, but no change in level. It did not fill and only seemed to use a small amount being 50:1 injection ratio. I tightened the small reservoir cap and have not run it since (about 3 weeks). I used the boat in the gulf and intercoastal so the can be pretty choppy conditions. Tech mentioned I probably just got air in the small reservoir and to bleed through cap as previously mentioned, but it did not pressurize.
I am assuming I will have to drop in water again to retry as I hear not to run on hose more that 3 or 4 minutes.
Any suggestions?
