1990 Yamaha 200ETXD - any good?
 

I just came heir to a Yamaha 200ETXD that appears to be in good shape. Can any of you outboard gurus tell me if this motor is worth strapping on a V20? Any idea of what kind of fuel economy I'd expect from it?

Thanks!

Strap away :clap: With a 13.75 x 17 SS prop and carrying a weight of roughly 3500 lbs you should see about 45-50 MPH with about 2.50 MPG @ 5400 RPM according to Yamaha's website. 3500 RPM's should give you about 30 MPH with about 8 MPG. What year Yammy is it? How's the shift rod?

It's a 1990. From what little of the shift rod I can see, it appears to be rusty but not corroded away. I recall seeing posts on here related to Yamaha shift rods, and will search and do some reading.

If I can get 8mpg @ 30mph I'd be tickled ****less.

Thanks!

Well, that was from Yamaha's website with a 20 foot boat of about the same weight and dimensions as a V20, so understand that they might shade their figures a tad.... but in all cases as far as I can see that's a good engine and if you don't want it I'd be willing to bet you'd get a ton of people wanting to buy it from you.

That is a 2.6 liter carbed, great motor and a workhorse. Some might even call it bulletproof. Shift rod went to stainless in early 90's and the tiller arm area/ steering tube/ trim motors prone to rust in the salt. Run it, those motors idle and run smooth for carbed. The later efi (OX66) versions also great motors and sought after two strokes weren't all that much better on gas.

Brian

As long as it beats the 4.5mpg I get with a 3.7L I/O I'll be happy :sun:

This one has minimal rust in the areas you described, and no corroded aluminum from what I can see. If I decide to use it I will go with one of those replacement 2 part stainless shift rods.

Not gonna happen. That engine should burn about 12 gallons per hour at a 3800 RPM cruise I would guess which on a V should have you running about 30-35 roughly. So 2.5-3 MPG is about the best you will probably ever see from it, but 2-2.5 MPG is much more realistic for a 2 stroke carbed outboard. It's hard to beat an I/O for fuel milage unless you've got a 4 stroke outboard. On the bright side though them old YAMAHA's tend to run forever with virtually no maintence except for the shift rods(which is easily fixable).

Sounds like ya did good, Y'daddy!!...if it were mine and if this is doable on that particular motor, I'd yank the automatic oiling stem outta that thing quick...mixing is easy w/one of those graduated bottles...and it's a WHOLE LOT easier than fixin' that puppy after the auto-oiler fails and cooks your Yammie...

Hopefully some of the guys who KNOW will hop on here and tell ya if it can be done on that motor...

I know 4 strokes get better economy than 2 strokes, but never having owned a large 2 stroke I wasn't sure of how great a difference to expect. Hearing that I'd get up to 8mpg had me going though!

The motor is on a 21' center console I just picked up. I'll run it on that boat and see what kind of mileage it gets. It will have to be an impressive ride in order to get me to swap my 3.7 I/O to an outboard though.