hk wrote:
2006 Evinrude E-tec problems 3:20 PM 2/27/2007 Reply Edit

Was wondering if anyone out there was having trouble with the Evinrude
e-tec 150's. I recently purchased a new 28 ft RIB and installed new
evinrude e-tecs.

With less than 20 hrs on the boat, I have replaced three powerheads. One
powerhead on the std motor (it blew up and put two holes on both sides
of the block, have the pictures to prove it), and two on the counter
rotating engine (piston came up and took out a spark plug then melted
itself into the egine block). As the boat sits in the shop with its new
powerheads and 45 minutes of use I was just told that the starter went
out on the Std rotating engine. A cracked pinion gear that got stuck in
the flywheel.

After long deliberation with Evinrude, it was halfway determined that
bad maps on the original engines caused the failures, meaning they do
not know for sure.

Very frustrated with these engines and ready to drive them into the
ground next to the Titanic.

Anyone else have trouble?


From BassBoatCentral

I have wondered why Ficht was the best thing since sliced bread (when
you owned one) and E-Tecs sucks now that you own a Yamaha? No matter
what anyone thinks about E-Tec's vs 4 stroke, it is universally believed
that E-Tec is a superior engine when compared to the Ficht?

I can remember long diatribes about why you would NEVER own a 4 stroke,
and Ficht was the ONLY way to go.