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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
To each their own...
Seeing no problems with Etec, and with the number of people running them without issue, I am hopeful that your situations Midge were just anomalies. By the way...what were the two issues you ran into? I'm curious as I'd love to have some heads up if something were to happen to mine I'd at least have some semblance of what the issue might be.
At this point, I'm highly satisfied with performance, fuel use, and oil. I don't run Non-oxygenated fuel as the motor is designed to run on E10 (as are all outboard engines these days) so I save a bit per gallon there, and when I buy XD100 oil I will look for the best deal I can get. Two years ago, I found a deal on Jet where each gallon was only $34 when I purchased a 3-gallon box. That was a great deal!! Doing things like this makes it easier on the pocketbook, and I'm guessing you are running something around a 620 to have a 70-some gallon tank. I'm not at that point yet..only a 30 gallon tank with my 617, but that lasts me a long time unless I am up running everywhere on Lake of the woods. I plan for that though and....I also boat my fuel in as you never know how long the fuel sits in some of the resort fuel tanks, so I also do it for peace of mind.
I don't think there is any bad outboard on the market today when it comes to the big names. The way things are, though...it'll have to be a 4 stroke for the next rig as 2 stroke at this point is basically off the table. Not excited about that in my humble opinion...I like the low end torque the 2 stroke provides over the 4 stroke, and I really like just letting the engine store itself in 2 minutes...that is a really nice feature I will miss if the next rig has to be a 4 stroke. The way things go I guess...
Steve |
