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Originally Posted by phatdaddy
Ditto on the ngk's. On the other stuff, I always used merc parts, especially on water pumps, t-stats & poppet valves. Not that much difference in price from the look-a-like parts. Lot of opinions on this , but I also used merc lubricants and premium 2-stroke oil.
Sounds like your doing a lot of your maintenance, see if you can find a copy of the merc shop manual for that motor. Not a seloc or clymer, big difference.
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Very true, at one time aftermarket had a substantial price savings to justify using it, but now the price isn't that much different, so go with oem if you have any concerns. I use some aftermarket parts, but its stuff I know works and its worth the savings. I will not use aftermarket for water pumps, and oil filters and fuel filters on Japanese engines. Some times knowing the supplier to the OEM helps, Japanese filters are usually Nippondenso, merc uses NGK plugs, Suzuki uses some of the same stuff that Yamaha uses(Nikki), but sells it cheaper, etc...