Small outboard- Suzuki v. Merc. v. Yamaha

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1- Yamaha
2- Suzuki
3-Merc

 

[rjthehunter]

Why, is because I've worked with several different size and year Mercury motors and all have been junk. I've also worked with several Yamaha motors, never a problem.

Interesting! What kinds of issues? Only issue I had was blowing up my 225, but it was north of 1k hours and was bound to happen eventually...

 

[jrabq]

My only comment is that unless you are legally limited to a 9-10 hp, consider paying a bit more for a 15 or 20, which is almost always the same engine (same weight and displacement) with the 9-10 being just limited by carburetor an/or air intake. Difference in cost is usually just a few 100 bucks.

 

[djacker]

Interesting! What kinds of issues? Only issue I had was blowing up my 225, but it was north of 1k hours and was bound to happen eventually...

2 emm's different motors. New carbs, twice on the same 90hp. New fuel injectors on a different 90 hp. These motors had under 400 hours on each. My guess is to many idle hours. In my personal etec, I also had to do an emm. Since switching to Yamaha, 0 issues.

 

[thusby]

I’ve never had a problem with Mercs and if you ever need service it is available everywhere you go.