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Location: New Lenox, Illinois | 2013 Evinrude Etec 200 H/O. Its a screamer!!!!! |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | 115 Optimax. Second season in, great so far. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Yammy Hammer.
It's been a good motor so far. I had to replace the oil injector pump @ 720 hrs and The repair shop didn't tighten the bolts enough, so it worked loose in 2 weeks and blew holes in 3 pistons.....Long story short, They rebuilt the entire top end (powerhead) and now it runs great. has 1,100 hrs. on it. |
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Location: Scandia MN | 2009 90 / 4 stroke Mercury. After years of making the sign of the cross before trying to start what ever used piece of dung I owned at the time I love this motor. I've been known to hug it occasionally which really embarrasses my daughters - - - - |
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Location: Metro, MN | I run a 2002 yamaha 4stroke 150hp. Never one issue and still fires up as clean and quick as the first day off the lot! |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | tbaatz - 11/21/2014 10:42 AM
2009 90 / 4 stroke Mercury. After years of making the sign of the cross before trying to start what ever used piece of dung I owned at the time I love this motor. I've been known to hug it occasionally which really embarrasses my daughters - - - -
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Location: Elgin IL | 2009 150 Suzuki just hit 1000 HRs runs like a clock
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| Most boat motors are great machines. Properly cared for they will last a lifetime. There were some hiccups when they first switched to oil injected 2 stroke motors but for the most part it`s hard to find a piece of junk. Most people I know who had problems messed with the factory settings and fubarred the motor because they know just enough to be dangerous. |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Just installed new 2014 ETEC 150HO on ESOX Maniac this spring (replaced blown 1989 Johnson 150.... )
Pro's - Same Raker SS prop - she's now scary fast. Starts great & purrs. Gas useage is 1/3rd of old motor. Top GPS speed is now somewhere north of 65mph, but I haven't really opened it up yet (65 was good enough- still had lots of RPM's left.)
Con's - still in 10hr breakin - even after our week in Canada - they didn't tell me its 10 hrs at or above 3000 rpm until the oil usage automatically goes to normal. Found that out when I went in to make sure I had done winterizing correctly.
Don't know how long its going to take - 10 hrs @ 3000rpm is equivalent to ~300 mile up on plane - average day in Canada maybe 20-30 minutes/day. So, looks like I'll be doing some multi-species spring running & gunning on Mississippi R, the Pete & Castle Rock.
Hoping for a short winter!
Have fun!
Al
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| '04 Honda 135 4 stroke. So long as I have the option, I'll never run anything but a Honda or a Yamaha ever again. They're so reliable, so quiet, and look so good on the back of a boat. |
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