They seem to have gotten better, but its hard to say as there are far less around here than there used to be. Sea Fox flooded the market with Suzukis and the Bomb dealers were selling repainted Suzukis as Evinrude 4 strokes from 2000 to around 2005. Suzuki got a black eye around here not only for their corrosion, but for their crappy warranty and the way they handled it. I was getting pretty competitive prices on Yamaha engines till very recently. I now have a source of new Suzuki engines and am planning on going to Suzuki school this spring. Looks like I will be finding more out about them soon. Mercury still has the best corrosion protection Ive seen, but Im noticing now some sub assemblies on Mercs are corroding faster than other parts on them(lower units) that leads me to believe they are outsourcing some casting to other places since they closed down Stillwater. Since OMC/Bomb changed their casting in the late 90s I havent been impressed with their corrosion protection, hard to tell about the newer Bomb product as their are so few in this area(<50?). Yamaha does a decent job on their product, but I'm rarely able to get a Yamaha lower unit apart. Usually it comes apart in pieces. The 2 stroke Yamaha inlines corroded thru the cylinder head fairly often. Ive been doing my fair share of V6 fourstroike exhuast updates as well. Hondas are still alka seltzers in salt.
My father in law, was in the Navy, he told me there's nothing in this world that Salt Water or a Marine couldnt F... up
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