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'm sure everyone here is happy for your good luck, but even with an
OMC admitted failure rate of 1 in 5 that means 4 kept going.

It does seem you say having 6 "big" dealers in tow helps:-) I'd agree;
all you need now are the sacks & bricks:-)

Pretty bad lottery but hey we have a winner!!!!

Alas 5 out of 5 suffered the odium of the OMC & ficht names so 5 out of
5 suffer the loss of boat value.

K









"Florida Keyz" wrote in message
...

After running four strokes for years, and very succesfully, we decided to

try

an optimax.

Bottom line, NO MORE 2 STROKES!

Have have this new motor in the shop half a dozen times, alarms going off,

etc.

And don't dare remove that engine cover, it does not even look like a boat
engine under there!

Sterling
www.CaptainSterling.com