So essentially the engine failed during the powerboat's report?? & the
bomb people can't even fix it then come back t\with an "excuse" which as
usual blames anyone but their lean at power engines.

Ask the E-Tec dealers how much agg. of kickbacks are they gathering up
to sell these things at well above the prices of proper proven designs
from proper proven manufacturers. Don't ever forget the BRP is not some
huge high tech French Co in Canada, it's a new wannabe French family
owned Co in Canada & you can make your own judgments about the so called
warranty & dealer marketing claims.

Anyway don't come back Ficht like & try to say you weren't warned.

K



The Powerboat Reports Controversy
The Statement:

Powerboat Reports (PBR) is a subscription-based (no advertising)
periodical similar to Consumer Reports. They test products impartially
and report the results to their subscribers. It's one of our favorite
publications.

In mid-2005, PBR installed two E-TEC 90s on a Twin Vee catamaran for
long term testing (typically around 250 hours). In the first 100 hours,
one of the engines developed a rattling noise in the #1 cylinder, but
there were no other problems. The other engine was fine.

BRP technicians appeared uncertain as to the cause of the problem, so
they had the dealer replace the powerhead. But the rattle only grew worse.

Eventually, BRP took the boat into their shop to diagnose the problem.
They came back in a week with the engine fixed, and claimed that the
rattle was the result of fuel starvation in the #1 cylinder caused by a
pinched fuel line. They claimed that the fuel line was kinked because
Twin Vee used a poor grade of fuel hose when they installed the motor.
BRP replaced the fuel hose, and the motor ran fine.

PBR and Twin Vee both contested the diagnosis. There was some amount of
finger-pointing, and Twin Vee was so upset with the process that they
have stated that they will no longer install Evinrude motors on their hulls.