These motors only had 16 hours on
them, and were supposedly still under warantee, but it seems that Mercury
considers gasoline to be a contaminate and thus they don't cover their carbs
fouling up and becoming useless.

If I was a poker player, I'd call your bluff. 16 hours? Gas a contaminate
(what are ya supposed to run 'em on)? Instead, since I like to fish, I'll
call this a troll, and leave it alone...sheez.

--Mike

"rmcinnis" wrote in message
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"tony thomas" wrote in message
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I personally would go w/ a Merc EFI.
Having said that - between these two engines I would go w/ the Carb
engine if you plan on keeping it for years to come. The HPDI will get
better fuel economy and as long as it is under an extended warrenty it
should be fine. Once the warrenty expires I would want to get rid of it.
Repair bills will eat you alive on one of these engines if anything
happens to it. Also - resale will be very low because of this.


Well, after just having had to replace a full set of carburetors on a pair
of Mercury Four Stroke outboards I can assure you that having carburetors
is not a guarantee of trouble free boating. These motors only had 16
hours on them, and were supposedly still under warantee, but it seems that
Mercury considers gasoline to be a contaminate and thus they don't cover
their carbs fouling up and becoming useless. They also seem to have a
problem with supply, because so many people are replacing them, that you
may have to wait months to get replacement carburetors.

These Mercury outboards I have are pieces of @#$% ! \

I am certainly never going to buy another carbureted Mercury motor, and I
may never buy Mercury again period!

Rod McInnis