Is a 2003 Evinrude Ficht engine okay?
I'm looking at a used 23-foot boat with a 2003 Evinrude Ficht DFI 200
HP engine. Is that an okay engine? Had the Ficht engine problems been
cleared up by then? Or should I stay clear of this thing?Thanks,
Scott |
onoahimahi
Nov 18
2006
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| Oh shut up. :>) |
Short
Nov 20
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| ??? Most system and component failure rates have a bathtub curve
shape vs time. The early failure rate is due to weakness or
defects that escape initial tests or infant mortality. http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/apr/section1/apr124.htm |
-rick-
Nov 19
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| Learn something new everyday. Never heard it called that. |
Short
Nov 20
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| Stll ready to go to WAR I TELL YOU? <EG> :) -W |
Clams
Nov 20
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| >HP engine. Is that an okay engine? Had the Ficht engine problems been
>cleared up by then? Or should I stay clear of this thing? That will be a Bombardier engine and it's the improved FICHT. If it
were an OMC engine, it might be problematic depending on when it was
manufactured, but most of those engines have been updated and are also
sound. All the FICHT problems were on the 150 hp engines anyway which
is a different block from the 200. I've had three of the identical engines to this previous to my E-TECs.
I did have a problem with one, but that wasn't related to the power
head - it was a stator failure which caused a voltage cascade through
the system taking out the EMM and harness - it's a very rare failure
on any type of engine. It's an excellent engine, very efficient and will serve you well. You
probably will get somewhere around 6 gph on average with that engine.
I would advise you to have the engine checked by an Evinrude mechanic
though - have him go through the EMM, check the hours, check the RPM
usage, do the usual mechanical checks, etc. How many hours on the engine or don't you know? |
Short
Nov 19
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| The ad for the boat says "very low hours" -Scott |
onoahimahi
Nov 18
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| If it ran long enough to survive the "infant mortality" failure stage.. it's
got a decent chance of living on. -W |
Clams
Nov 19
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| Let's see, three year old engine, maybe 60 hours per year - I'd say
the max is maybe - say 240 hours. That's not bad at all. I assume that it's been properly winterized? |
Short
Nov 19
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| You see, that's where all this horse feathers start. There is no "infant mortality" stage on the 200 - it's the 150. |
Short
Nov 19
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| Actually... twas YOU that started the horsefeathers by reading more into my
statement than was intended. Any electronic device has an infant mortality
stage. In the case of the 150, it would have read the "super extended,
extra fragile, cross your fingers, stage". -W |
Clams
Nov 19
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| In all my years of dealing with electronics and machining tools, I've
never heard of "infant mortality" stage on anything. With respect to the Evinrude FICHT 200s, there wasn't an infant
mortality stage like there was in the 150. If you made it past 25
hours on the 150, the likely hood of it failing was significantly
decreased which is what I assume you meant. It never happened on the
200/225 engines - they wre solid from the git go. I respect your opinions on a lot of things, but on this, we will go to
war. :>) WAR I TELL YOU!! :>) Hey speaking of which, I still have that Merc blue band - any ideas as
to how I can part it out? |
Short
Nov 19
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