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E-Tec problems series 2
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:02:47 GMT, "FREDO" wrote: Karen, Um...first of all, Karen has no credentials, has never offered any credentials or, for that matter, has any understanding of the technology other than extrapolating on a problem that the 150/175 hp FICHTS had which was rectified. And not all 150/175 engines had the problem, but the problem was strictly related to 150/175 engines. Secondly, I owned three FICHTS, a 200 and two 225s - I did have a problem with the 200 that was unrelated to what Karen's screeds are often about. The problem with the 200 was related here and as Bill will tell you, is a problem that can occur to any engine and is so rare to be almost nonexistent. Just law of averages kind of problem. The FICHT technology is sound and extremely efficient. I replaced the FICHTS with ETECS - two when I sold my old Contender 31 for a new one and I just replaced the 200 FICHT on my 20 foot Ranger with a new 225 ETEC. I am a strong believer in the technology and the proof in the pudding is that other manufacturers are going back to two stroke tech out of four stroke for a variety of reasons - one being the success of ETEC. I am looking at a 2004 Alumacraft 17.5 foot boat with a 115 Evinrude Ficht motor. This boat and motor has about 200 hours on it. That's about 100 hrs per year which isn't all that much. Should I really be worried? No - absolutely not. Didn't most of these motors that were bad "blow up" within a few hours when new? Also I seem to remember reading in this N/G that if they got past the first few hours of operation without breaking you probably had a good engine. Not true at all. They are sound and will work just fine. The main thing is to have the engine checked out by a qualified mechanic - have the engine hours checked, compression, etc. Spend the money on an hour of shop time and have them tell you if it's good or not. What percentage of failures did the manufacturers have? Weren't the bigger motors, i.e..; 200 hp and above really the majority of the problems. No - 150/175 which shared the same block. OBTW 3 weeks fishing starts today!!!!!!!!!!! No more inspecting new cars for 3 weeks!!!! Nothing but wind, water, good friends, fishing, and a little beer ;-) YAY!!!! Although I do without the beer - I don't allow beer on my boats. :) No comment:-) K |
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