Tuuk wrote:
: In 99 when I was repowering my boat, I did a lot of research on engines
: available at 225hp. After about two months of daily research I went with the
: Ficht. Of course the Yamaha dealers told me not to, etc etc but I called all
: the tech service people and made my own decision. The engine has about 600
: hours now and no problem. Had a problem with the trim and tilt unit, kept
: creeping back down, under warranty they ended up replacing that. Also had a
: recall one time to put some covers on the injectors and wires and update the
: software. Other than all that I really satisfied with it, fuel economy is
: great, and can troll for days, really idles nicely. I found a good source
: for plugs at about 3 dollars per unit. Personally, I think its the dealers,
: in my area, I am surrounded by maybe 6 big dealers of all brands, and I know
: them personally but dont trust any of them, each time I had a dealing with
: them they tried to burn me and not only I think this way about my local
: dealers. If they say they have an Optimax authorized repair mechanic on
: staff, ask to see their credentials and make sure its him/her working on
: your engine. A lot of times they just get the guy off the lawn mower to fix
: your engine and you paying for the other guy.





I have the same engine. Where, pray-tell, did you find plugs
for ~3.00 ?? Cheapest I found was about 4.50 but now up to 5.00 (sparkplugs.com).

I too have not had a FICHT failure.

It does eat plugs if you idle/troll excessively.



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