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| I'm looking at buying a boat with a 200 evinrude HO, the motor is a 2004 i'm looking for info. from some body that knows if these motors are known for having problems...reason I ask this is cuz in the past few year I have heard about some evinrude motors having lots of problem! Any help on this would be great. Thanks |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Check with an Evinrude dealer. |
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| Any body know of a evinrude dealer I don't know of any around my neck of the woods, If any body know please post a number so I can try to contact them and find out more info on these motors! |
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Location: N.FIB | Jerrys sport service in beloit wis sells etecs so I'm sure they work on evinrudes or would know about them |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Evinrude website will help. |
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Location: tHe LaKe Of PrIoR, mN | I have a 225 ho and I did a ton of research online about them and the consensus is that after bombardier took over the ficht direct injection technology the 03 and 04 ho's were fixed of the 02 and older ficht issues that gave the ficht the bad name
I would have a dealer do a compression test and leak down test they can also pull up the history on the motor including the hours and where and when it had been serviced
the main issue that these motors had was the lower unit mine had a replaced lower unit with a warranty so It was good to go
On my motor I upgraded to the etec plugs indexed them decarboned and went to the etec thermostats Im running the xd100 evinrude oil too... I think that most of that is also recommended on the 200's too
there is a bunch of info on bassboatcenteral .com in the evinrude/johnson motor tech section
I hope this helps you
Edited by crix 8/5/2013 8:32 PM
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | I running the 05 version of that motor and no probs. you will want to watch the plugs to make sure they are gapped properly. Like previous post, the pre 02 fichts were problematic, but these are fine. |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Xd 50 is fine. The xd 100 for Etechs can be set to use half as much oil, but not the fichts...IMHO and experience xd 50 is fine for this motor. |
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200 Evinrude HO