Suzuki DF140?

garbubba · #1 12-09-2010, 07:24 PM

I went to pick up my boat with the still broke merc200 on it & may have sold my truck to the boat guy!

I saw a Suzuki 140 there & was interested, I like that it's light & small. Anybody have one?

Doug

spareparts · #2 12-09-2010, 08:32 PM

great motors in fresh water, corrode pretty bad in salt, have some one look it over hard if you buy it

phatdaddy · #3 12-09-2010, 10:27 PM

are you talking 2 stroke or 4? spare's right on the old 2 strokes and corroding. the new 4 strokes are a little better.
nevermind, just noticed the df in heading.
heard nothing but good about those motors..

spareparts · #4 12-10-2010, 06:20 PM

I haven't seen any improvemnt in the four stroke suzukis over the 2 strokes as far as corrosion goes, its a shame, other wise the four strokes are great engines, I tend to prefer them over the Yamahas

SkunkBoat · #5 12-10-2010, 07:22 PM

I have a 2004 DF140 that I bought new. I absolutely love it.

Its a great fit for my V20. It is so smooth and quiet.

The problems that I have had are;
In the first year there was an intermittnet connection in the fuseholder that caused it to appear that the battery was dead. The Tilt didn't work and it didn't turn over. Found the problem by wiggling the wires inside the cowl. Fixed by dealer ASAP.
The cooling water "piss aimer" fell off. Replaced by dealer. (That appears to be common with Suzukis)
There is some bubbling of the paint on one of the cowling clips. I see no other problems with corrosion.

I have 520 hrs on it. I'm in salt from May thru Nov. Motor up & out of water when docked.
I always flush it with freshwater for 2 minutes while I'm cleaning fish...

Aside from the fuseholder problem, it has started on the first turn of the key for 6 years , no matter how cold or how long it has sat.
I can't imagine that any other motor could be any better. I know my old Mercury 150 was a loud, blue smoke spewing, sputtering, stalling, not starting in November when the Stripers are running, piece o' crap.

Maintenance parts for DF140 are available on Boats.net

garbubba · #6 12-12-2010, 07:55 AM

Thanks guys , especially skunk, I'm not even sure I hve the truck sold now, we'll see. They quoted me 11k for a df140 + controls, mounted, hows that sound? It's more than I was looking to spend, I should have asked more for the truck!

Doug