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4 stroke maintanence verses etec
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I was skeptical about buying a 4 stroke because I thought it would be a mess to
change out the oil. But there is an external tube that directs the oil outside the engine instead of draining inside. If you look at the maint. schedule on the 4 stroke, it isn't that bad. I was looking at the ad's in the magazines instead of actually looking at the engine itself. I like doing my own maint., I had a 2 stroke Mercury 200 for 13 years and had very little break downs, but I changed the oil in the foot, spark plugs and water pump impeller every year as well as de-carbed the engine. In that 13 years I only had 1 power pack go out and the oil injection pump go out on me(34 miles offshore). Call me in 13 more years and I will let you know the difference with between it and my new 4 stroke. |
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I owned a HPDI and to do the yearly service is about $25-30 less than the 4 stroke I have now. Also the oil for the ETEC motors are more than Yamalube.
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send rosska a PM. He's got a e-tec on his triton.
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