Looking for someone on here that has mechanical knowledge of the Johnson/Evinrude VRO fuel

Disable it unless you just want to buy a new engine. It was unreliable when new and only gets worse with age.

rule #1 at my place we don’t touch anything evinrude or Johnson.

Not a damn thing wrong with an old OMC engine. The old v4 are probably the most durable outboards ever made.

It's a 95 and has been very reliabe.

What i did to mine which was a 1995.
Pulled VRO off and put fuel pump.
Cost at the time was the same.
Mix oil & gas.
Cap have to put over oil line get at hardware store.
Then two electric wires put fitting over cost $4.
Ran 15 years no issues.

I had two VRO pumps.
Problem when they sit up the o ring that separates the fuel and oil dry rots. That is when I kept have over oiling problems.