Suzuki DF140?

[spareparts]

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

[phatdaddy]

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]

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]

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]

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

[BuilderFL]

garbubba, check for comparative prices at Ed's Marine, here's the link;
http://www.edsmarinesuperstore.com/suzuki_outboards.htm
Make sure you find out what rebates are being offered by the factory and goof luck. I've been looking at Suzuki myself after seeing them being used by many of the commercial boats in Miami, specially the tow boats.

[SkunkBoat]

WAIT!!!! Forget what I said!!! I just got a call yesterday from my dealer who was doing the annual maintenance before I covered her up.

Says there's a tiny hole corroded in the exhaust. Leaking exhaust under the cowling. My six year warranty was up last March.
Gonna cost $1800 to fix right. "...Corroded from inside-out so you can't really clean it up and patch it. Have to take the head off to get at it so might as well replace the part....."

I 'm going to look at it this week. I'll get the details and take pix and post for future reference.

Wouldn't you just know that literally the day after I say "never had a problem with corrosion." I'm screwed...

I sure hope you don't read this the day AFTER you bought it.

Now I get to stew all winter

All that being said, I've heard sad stories about every make of motor. So when it comes down to it, you pay your money and you take your chances.

As for price..
In 2004 mine was $9525 before NJ Tax, incl installation, SS prop, & 3 yr ext of warranty. Which was more than $3k less than a Honda 130 at the time.

Good Luck with whatever you get.

C