Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:31:30 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:08:04 -0400, HK wrote:

JimH wrote:
"trainfan1" wrote in message
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http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=283226

Rob
Based on what I have read here and on the manufacturers sites I would prefer
an E-Tec to power the next boat I purchase.

Having said that..........what is the future of 2 strokes? Will the E-Tec
survive future new and stricter emmisions standards for marine engines? Are
they as environmentally friendly as the 4 strokes manufactured by the other
marine outboard engine big boys?
Uh, you might want to search on some large-scale "boating" discussion
boards.
Karen? Is that you?
Naw, but there seem to be any number of "isolated" problems with some of
the etecs, some of which involve powerhead replacements. Dunno why.

Oh - you mean the ones that Karen posted?

Those have been around for a while and it's always a friend of a
friend or indirect "evidence".


There are some "current" first-person tales of failure on thehulltruth.
One I recall from last week was from a fellow with a 175 etec that blew
up after about eight hours of running. Of course, the etec acolytes
jumped right on the guy... :}

There are of course problems with all brands and types of engines.

I haven't seen one reason yet to go from a four stroke outboard to a two
stroke in the mid to high horsepower category. There are few etecs
around here. Even Suzuki has more market penetration.