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Originally Posted by brooks05
I had a 2008 250 pro xs burst into flames while starting it,throwing the motor top 30 feet in air an onto front of my boat. Good reason to carry a fire extinguisher. Motor had 300 hours on it. Mercury would not cover any under warranty. Said it was a "fuel" issue. Always used fuel treatment, had water seperator and had it serviced every year. Will never own another Mercury. Just my experience and opinion.
There are issues among all motors. Just bad luck sometimes I guess.
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Same exact thing happened to two people I know. On was in the gulf in a storm. Motor blew up blew cowling into the gulf. Had to get rescued by the people on the rig and almost sunk his boat and coast guard had to go get him. Also had a blown lower unit and alternator went out and just last week lost two cylinders. Motor is 2 years old and still under warranty. And at first mercury said they weren't gonna cover the cowling. After a pissin match and some f bombs back and forth between him and the owner of mercury they finally warranteed it