[SkunkBoat]

I've been mostly happy with my 2004 that I bought new for $10k installed. I did have the corrosion problem with the steel plug. To see my thread on that type DF140 in Search.

It is 10 years old now, 900+ hrs. Just changed the head zincs. They were due.
The head still looks great.

Just recently started getting a check engine error for Idle Air Control valve. I sprayed the hell out of it and did the Idle adjustment to spec and it worked for two trips and now I get it intermittently if I run hard and back off fast. New valve is $250 on Boats.net, probably order it soon

Its been very reliable, always starts at the turn of the key. WAY better than the 150 Merc I had before it, which had corrosion and many recurring starting and idling problems.

That price is ridiculous but as for the motor, I would buy a Suzuki four stroke again. My brother has a 1990 2 stroke 9.9 that still gets him where he's going while he tries to fix his 150 Merc.

Any used motor can be good or crap, does'nt matter the brand. They are a gamble and that's why they should be cheap.