92 200HP JOHNSON on THT

[THEFERMANATOR]

Seen this one tonight, located in the north. May be worth checking out.

http://www.thehulltruth.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=215472&posts=1

[macojoe]

what you have to say about that motor?? How bad is the gas and stuff?? dON;T LOOK TO BAD??

[shubey61]

Damn... hope mine lasts that long, still a virgin only 260 hours....

[THEFERMANATOR]

88-92 were some of the better engines IMHO. The earlier engines were a tad better on fuel, but the 3.0L's didn't have alot of issues with em. They do drink gas and oil, but no worse than any other 200HP out there. I should have hard numbers tommorrow on fuel burn for it as I have a 92 200HP powerhead on my HYDRA-SPORT.

[CaptJJ]

4000 hours?

[THEFERMANATOR]

4000 hours?

For an engine that get's regular use, that is VERY believeable. It's probably the original powerhead as well. 2 strokes can run for a LOOONNGGG time if they get used frequently and fed a diet of good clean fuel and oil. 6,000-8,000 hours would be a good life expectancy for it if cared for. Many commercial fishermen have reported 6,000+ hours before needing any major engine work on old school 2 strokes. And these engines aren't that that bad on fuel. Just checked mine today with an uncalibrated flow meter(think it's reading a little high), my 200 burns 11-11.3 GPH at 3600, 12.2-12.5 GPH at 3800, 13.3-13.6 at 4000, and was sucking back 22.4 at 5400(still not broken in yet). These numbers are on a powerhead with less than 5 hours since major overhaul, and running on year old gas that is double mixed with oil. Not to shabby I think.

[CaptJJ]

Whodda thunk it. That is well over what I believed you can get out of an outboard. I kinda like it.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Whodda thunk it. That is well over what I believed you can get out of an outboard. I kinda like it.

I've heard of people getting 11,000 hours out of the old OMC's. This is why so many people doubted 4 strokes and reliability because the old school 2 strokes had proven themselves so many times over.

[randlemanboater]

Running a motor daily is the best way to make it last.