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Location: minocqua, wi. | i have a 175xri merc on mine and other than the reeds broken last year (which made sense for age) i'm pretty good with it. my plan to re-power is to the pro-xs. i'd become pretty jaded on the mercs from my '99 experience but now the motors are so much better across the board. this is also why in the case of buying a used boat the 690/692's look so darn good. the 150-175's of those eras were pretty solid.
in '99 -'00 the big-block opti's and evinrudes just were snake-bit or so it seems.
the guys who own them should be the ones taking the hit (they should have equity) when selling them and not pass the risk on to the guy getting them out of it. in my case i fixed mine and it went a second time so that's why i just sit and wonder. i was "told" at the time it had to do with the way the coolant was routed ... again, if you warm it up and run it you can mitigate the risk. that apparently was not in the cards for me and i never thought i treated it unfairly at least at the time.
maybe a tech. geek can come in and provide more insight on it. |
