Ultimate outboards for V21

[Genie Aye]

Originally Posted by spareparts

Down here, you can't give an etec away, or find some one that will admit to being able to work on one. theres a reason or that.

That is because everyone is scared from the Ficht nightmare.

If no one knows how to work on them--it is because BRP is keeping training in house to their dealers, everything is controlled by the computer and you have to have the software to do almost anything on them. I have a certified Evinrude guy that says they are great and almost no issues (all engines have issues). There are not alot of dealers for sure. But evryone I talk to with a E-tec will swear by them--I ran into one guy at the dock, he had a pair of 150 e-tecs that had 900 hours on them in less than a season and swore they were the best engine he has ever owned.

Now I hear that the Opti's blow up around the 400 to 600 hr range and the Verado's are just junk. The Opti's have a issue was new to me--I always thought they were a great engine.

But I will disagree with you on the E-Tec's.