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Phoenix721:
2015 engine-----awesome power, awesome spped and awesome idle quality! Can't say enough good about Mercury's. Let's hear about yours.

n2ratfishin:
2007 150 Opti…LEMON that Mercury got me out of and gave me a 175 ProXS replacement for my troubles.   \o/

2008 175 ProXS Great motor first 100 hours.  After that it needed coils, more coils, problems with poppet valve caused me several trips to dealer (not a manufacturer issue), finally had to have an entire wire harness replaced, 100 hour routine maintenance was expensive, spark plugs were about 20.00 each. 

Current Mercury 2008 225 Opti (standard Opti) Knock on wood not one issue to date, 88 hours with one water pump impeller changed.  Estimated cost on 100 hour service is 400+/- depending on reeds.  If reeds are cracked price will jump about 600.00 more.  The standard Opti still uses metal reeds. 

Curt:

--- Quote from: n2ratfishin on January 30, 2015, 02:28:07 PM ---2007 150 Opti…LEMON that Mercury got me out of and gave me a 175 ProXS replacement for my troubles.   \o/

2008 175 ProXS Great motor first 100 hours.  After that it needed coils, more coils, problems with poppet valve caused me several trips to dealer (not a manufacturer issue), finally had to have an entire wire harness replaced, 100 hour routine maintenance was expensive, spark plugs were about 20.00 each. 

Current Mercury 2008 225 Opti (standard Opti) Knock on wood not one issue to date, 88 hours with one water pump impeller changed.  Estimated cost on 100 hour service is 400+/- depending on reeds.  If reeds are cracked price will jump about 600.00 more.  The standard Opti still uses metal reeds. 

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That's an expensive outboard to maintain  :(

ranger361v:
Wow!!!!

Ranger-Z21:
2006 250xs.  I've ripped the lower unit off twice and it still runs perfectly 8 years later. It has never not started right up, it still idles perfectly.  Still cruises at 70mph and I never never had any work on the motor other then a yearly tune up. The lower units were my fault not the motors. Great motor to own.

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