New Motor this Year

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New Motor this Year
Topic Started: Nov 27 2008, 07:00 AM (160 Views)
bigugly	Nov 27 2008, 07:00 AM Post #1
Larvae Posts: 12 Group: Regular Member Member #111 Joined: Mar 12, 2008	After many years of faithfull service the old '68 20hp merc bite the dust. Regrettfully it was from a mistake my Dad made. When mixing the fuel and oil he somehow managed to put 4stroke marine oil in instead of 2stroke. Needless to say the old girl didn't like it. When I realized what had happened, I saw the oil bottle in the back of the boat, it was too late. So off we went searching for a new motor. Dad didn't want anything huge and we couldn't afford a 4stroke big enough that still offered the same performance. We ended up getting a 15hp 2stroke Yamaha. I must say I'm really impressed with this motor, we only got 2 months use out of it but man what a difference. So much quieter, less vibration, less odurs. Sure not as quiet and smoth as a 4stroke but we are really happy with our choice. Still seems strange thou without the old merc on the back. I kept the front name plate off the old girl and will be mounting it onto the transem.



crisop	Dec 25 2008, 11:38 PM Post #2
Administrator Posts: 717 Group: Admins Member #7 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	ya i've got a 9.9hp merc 2 stroke and it's nice and quiet. My step dad has a 15hp 4 stroke honda and i can't even count how many times he's hit the starter button while it was still running



chevy man	Jan 15 2009, 01:35 AM Post #3
Walleye Posts: 837 Group: Global Moderators Member #14 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	that is a nice motor bigugly, don't do a mistake that some pepole do and buy a 4 stroke thinking it will run smoother cause some of them don't, some of them are louder and noisier then the 2 stroke



Final	Jan 19 2009, 03:37 PM Post #4
Salvelinus namaycush Posts: 1,092 Group: Admins Member #11 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	My Yamaha 4 stroke was as quiet as you would want it to be, when trolling the only way I knew it was running was the fact we were moving forward.



plott	Jan 30 2009, 06:39 PM Post #5
Fish Egg Posts: 4 Group: New member Member #164 Joined: Dec 29, 2008	the only proplem with 4strocks is the maintence you should do.



Shedherder	May 18 2009, 08:18 AM Post #6
Bass Posts: 360 Group: Top Users Member #13 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	That's unfortunate. I just about made the same mistake. When pouring the oil I noticed the colour was different.



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