"tony thomas" wrote in message
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I personally would go w/ a Merc EFI.
Having said that - between these two engines I would go w/ the Carb engine
if you plan on keeping it for years to come. The HPDI will get better
fuel economy and as long as it is under an extended warrenty it should be
fine. Once the warrenty expires I would want to get rid of it. Repair
bills will eat you alive on one of these engines if anything happens to
it. Also - resale will be very low because of this.


Well, after just having had to replace a full set of carburetors on a pair
of Mercury Four Stroke outboards I can assure you that having carburetors is
not a guarantee of trouble free boating. These motors only had 16 hours on
them, and were supposedly still under warantee, but it seems that Mercury
considers gasoline to be a contaminate and thus they don't cover their carbs
fouling up and becoming useless. They also seem to have a problem with
supply, because so many people are replacing them, that you may have to wait
months to get replacement carburetors.

These Mercury outboards I have are pieces of @#$% ! \

I am certainly never going to buy another carbureted Mercury motor, and I
may never buy Mercury again period!

Rod McInnis