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Matt....I was just searching thru google,and came upon this thread....I know
2 people,friends,who have been running e-tecs......I have heard very good
things about them.....So,I repowered this past summer(05),with a pair of
e-tec 250's(On a 2950 Proline)......I have about 100 hrs on them,in all
types of different running (trolling,cruising etc.)I love these
engines....they are smooth,and extremely quiet.....the only problem,was the
plugs fouled when it got cold(NE region,fall fishing)...in the colder
weather,the xd100 oil should be used .....in the manual it says it should be
set up for that oil in this region....I would highly recommend them....also
,my fuel consumption has increased dramatically....(95 Ocean
Runners,carbs)...I burn about 30%,less fuel,....and that is when I am
running it pretty to my floscan,.my mileage
would be better if I backed off a little........They have allot of
torque.....I was not a believer at first,and I guess time will really
tell.......if anyone needs any info,or any questions,please e-mail
me.......jeff

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So, only Tom is running an ETec? C'mon folks there must be more out
there ...

Thanks for your comments Jeff & clearly really happy yours are still
going well. Although your post seems like a bit of a sales pitch for
these things I'll treat it as real & up front. As with Ficht remember 4
out of 5 didn't fail. Well OK with Tom it's 2 outta 3 didn't:-)

I guess it's a statement of how risky these things are that after you
paid lots more than the price of a new medium sized car (gee which
includes seats, auto trans, wheels, tyres, crash tests, no pollution
damn even A/C & a radio!!) you seem pleased if not shocked they
"haven't" failed?????

Just on the advice from Bill, be a little careful he is "involved"
indeed was spruiking Fichts right up to the end & even claimed as a big
Florida dealer he'd never even seen a blown Ficht:-)
I suppose his "in production 3 yrs" might look right but you probably
know that there were not many in use till your last season so all we
really have is that one part season.

Of course he ran away with all the other dealers when owners were left
swinging after Ficht, wouldn't even show his head in the NG, no actual
help at all.

As for the specific thermostat thing be very careful already E-Tecs
have blamed failures on "overheating" along with the usual this or that
& who knows????? guess it might be right; however if you've read the
threads you'll know our submission is that it's excessive heat buildup
due to lean poorly atomised fueling that is the seed which leads to
detonation when normal fuel mixture mode is resumed. You might find
they've deliberately lowered the thermo temp to try & get an acceptable
number through????

Tom is another happy beaming customer just like you, terrified these
will fail & again trash the value of the boat?? even if he had to kick
another couple of cars worth for 2 more to get his failure rate back to
the 1 in 5:-). Although I outright call him on his 500hrs claim, since
he told this NG he finally got them, not because of huge demand but
........ gee I wonder why ????? well you get the idea:-), but hey if
Krause can get away with it why not??:-) You'll find Tom thinks things
work because he "believes" they will:-) true that's his posted
hysterical mystical technical explanation!!! Sorry giggling he-)

Anyway again very happy yours are OK & after all you paid for a simple
2 stroke with an angle drive so they should be!! I hope they stay that
way, but I'm as skeptical as you obviously are & would hate to see you
stuck like your brother Robinson was (just for the record; did he have
E-tecs??).

K