[THEFERMANATOR]

I've been Emailing with a marine surveyor lately who has been giving me some advice on the price of my PRO-LINE, and his advice is to a buyer price as though the engine isn't there if it's out of warranty. Like has been mentioned, a compressor and or fuel rail problem would pretty much be cause for a repower with an OPTI. I was going to re=power my HYDRA with one since the EVINRUDE needs work, but after doing some homework decided the fuel savings may not be worth it in the end. ALL of the DFI'S have there issues, and the OPTIMAX seems to be the best one from 2003+. If it is in fact an 01 with an 03 powerhead, it is still an 01 engine essentially. And 01 was the problematic year, unless it has had the close to $2K(what I have read) worth of updates to the injectors and rail as well as T-stats and some had some cooling hose re-routing. And all of this still has not fixed them all.

This is where having a surveyor REALLY helps. If you have one that knows these engines, he will know what to look for. And having a survey saying the engine and hull are worth X amount really helps when trying to bargain with a dealer. Like I put in the other post, that boat had ran on Ebay several times last year and never sold. Wonder if others had it surveyed as well and passed because of it. If the hull is solid and the engine is your concern, make him an offer on just the hull minus the engine and rigging. Then repower to your choice and be happy in the end.