Suzuki or Yamaha? And why?

[Kracker Jack]

Lost my motor Sunday and I'm gonna go brandnew. I want everybody's opinion. I know quite a bit about both but I want yalls opinion. Are yammy a really worth the extra money? And go!

[spareparts]

The prices Ive gotten(and sell for) are not that much difference between the two. i'm a huge fan of the Yamaha 150, IMO its the best engine in its class available. Suzuki has a good engine, but they have to prove they've addressed the corrosion issue and start honoring their warranties. At one time there were 5 dealers in our area selling Suzuki engines, now there are none, all based on warranty issues and how Suzuki handled them. By comparison, every dealer in this area sells Yamaha(12), 5 sell Mercury, Only one sells Honda(they aren't price or weight competitive, and corrode worse than Suzuki's). Our lone Etec dealer(long time OMC dealer) finally threw in the towel and stopped selling E Tecs(too many issues with them). Personally in salt water, it would be between Yamaha and Merc. One major choice for you is which dealer are you buying from, that will have a big influence on your choice

[phatdaddy]

You didn't say what hp your looking at.

I went with the merc 150 4S. 360 hours and 30 months later, I'm happy. Our local merc dealer is outstanding and this was a big factor in my decision. All of the reviews I've seen on the merc have been good. Super easy to work on, very simple engine. I think i had $13000 out the door, new prop,controls , wire harness, cables, smart guage, platinum extended warranty.

[Kracker Jack]

140 was great on my boat but I'm looking for a little more giddy up so the 150 Suzuki is really what I'm eyeballing. I have 2 fishing buddy's pushing me towards yamaha 150

[Blue_Runner]

Yamaha but only because for me it would be plug and play with existing controls, guages, prop, etc.

But Spare brings up a good point. Suzuki really left a skid mark on their reputation with the corrosion fiasco.

If I'm not mistaken it was an aluminum plug (bolt) that caused the problem and was supposedly addressed some time in 2008. Does anyone know - were some 2008 models impacted? Or was it just up until 2007?

[THEFERMANATOR]

I HATE saying it, but I would go for a YAMAHA. I LOVE SUZUKI outboards, but they are PLAGUED with corrosion going all the way back to the beginning. They have tried adding in all kinds of zincs to combat the issue, but it still boils down to they use cheap aluminum. YAMAHA on the other hand uses decent aluminum AND proper zinc placement to combat the issue so long as you do your part and keep up with your maintence. The YAMAHA 150 is a heck of an engine from what I've heard. Theres a member here who had one, and had nothing but positive to say. You could also look at there new 175/200 as they are nearly identical in weight to the 150 if you want some extra giddyup for the calm days.

If I was looking for the perfect match, I would have to say a 2.5L OPTIMAX would get my nod though just to throw a monkey wrench into the equation.