One of the best marine engines one can buy.
A simplified test for a used one given to me by the local Yanmar dealer is:
"does it start right away and pump only water from the exhaust port? Then
it's probably a great engine. It's hard to wear them out and the common fear
of one with over 120k hours is simple naïveté."
Good luck.


"Peter R" wrote in message
.. .
A friend is about to buy a small boat with a yanmar engine (diesel). She
wants to know if it's a good engine. However, I don;t have any experiences
with this make. Kindly gives me yours in response to this.

Peter