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[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by reelapeelin

Is there any solution to keep this from reoccurring?...

Not really. I know the stator on my EVINRUDE before I sold it was starting to just begin to drip down in a spot, and it had never been overheated. It's just one of those nature of teh beast type deals that those with OMC's live with. It doesn't seem to hurt anything other than it will cause teh timing pick-up to stick.

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

Not really. I know the stator on my EVINRUDE before I sold it was starting to just begin to drip down in a spot, and it had never been overheated. It's just one of those nature of teh beast type deals that those with OMC's live with. It doesn't seem to hurt anything other than it will cause teh timing pick-up to stick.

I know it'd COST big time, but if a guy just wanted to, would a new stator correct it...surely Bombardier would have upgraded it...

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by reelapeelin

I know it'd COST big time, but if a guy just wanted to, would a new stator correct it...surely Bombardier would have upgraded it...

No, the new ones will do it as well. BRP is outsourcing the manufacturing of the older parts to CDI for electrical from what I have seen. And CDI is what I had on mine.

[willy]

Thats exactly what the mechanic said Ferm, he has seen it dozens of times.
I ran the boat again today, see the fishing post, it is running fabulous. 29-31 cruise at 38-3900 rpm. Trimmed up a little with two big guys and a full tank all the gear and coolers that 200 Evinrude gets that heavy boat right up on plane and max's out rpm at 5400-5500 rpm.
I think a 225 would be perfect for her but from what I hear the gas use would be much higher. Right now I have run her fishing all day today, and we were running a lot, for about three hours last week, a little high speed running trying to blow it out the week before and the same for about twenty minutes the day I launched her. Still have not hit 3/4 on the tank yet. I am happy with the economy as she is. My buddy with the 25 Maycraft and a single 4 stroke 225 Yammie goes through a lot of gas with his rig, it would kill me to have that kind of fuel economy now, gas is $4 a gallon at my marina and higher other locations nearby.