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It is all personal opinion. Just like discounting the VRO's, or Opti's burning up you can find A LOT of "My friend this" or " I know a guy who" or "My (Know it all) mechanic said" on boards and around the marinas.

The fact is there are a lot of these motors that are still out there that are running with out problems and always have been. Yes they were problems with some motors.

Here is what I was told by my mechanic. "If it has been running well for all these years it should be a good motor. If it was a problem motor it would have failed a long time ago. If the motor has had all of the factory service notices taken care of and updates made it should be fine." Now some could say well that is your "KNOW IT ALL" mechanics opinion. Yup it is but, there is a reason why his shop is the one if the oldest if not the the oldest continuously operating Sales and Service OMC / BRP dealership in the US (if not the world).

My opinion is that is a lot of Motor for a great price. If I was looking for a motor for a larger Whaler and I had that deal I would take it.