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Originally Posted by Kracker Jack

I have researched these motors for the past 2 days. And i hear nothing but great things about the smaller block 150's. As was stated the bigger blocks had the issues. The guy is having the entire fuel system gone thru and all fuel and vst filters replace and injectors done and new water pump. It is a 25" shaft so i will be building my transom up for now. And doung a solid transom probally after the fall. Motor comes with all gauges,harneses,oil tank and controls for 3500.00. Its a 2004 with 390 hours on it.

Originally Posted by cterrebonne

For 1500 it's a good price. Just run some clean oil. That 2m is very dirty and will cause carbon build up on a DI engine.

For $3500(I think the $1500 was a different engine) it's a good price, but personnally I would pass. When they're running, they run great. BUT just one repair can turn one into a parts motor in a hurry. With DFI engines what would normally be a simple repair can cost as much as another engine of the same vintage would. Then figure in maintence costs along with the need for a dealer to do electrical repairs, they can get pretty pricey. I considered a DFI when I had my HYDRA-SPORTS for the fuel savings, until I figured 1 or 2 dealer repairs in. Then all of the sudden my old carbed thirsty 2 smoke sounded pretty dang good. Yep I used 20-30% more fuel than a DFI would have, but I could do any repair it needed, and parts were easy and cheap to come by.