2003 Zuke D140?

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Originally Posted by SkunkBoat

DF140 four stroke or DT140 Two stroke?

The parts catalog only goes up to 01 for the DT140, so I'm going to guess he has a DF140 he's looking at.

Originally Posted by Destroyer

And as usual, the ever present warning about corrosion on Zukes...Caveat Emptor...

Yep, SUZUKI makes GREAT engines, BUT they corrode like no other.

Originally Posted by spoggy

Any different in freshwater? Or is it just too many dissimilar metals?

Yes, even freshwater engines suffer from corrosion. Had an 87 SUZUKI 85HP engine on a pontoon boat that had never seen anything but Missouri frehwater lakes and rivers, but when I did some work on it, it was corroded BADLY inside the block. This was also a boat that had been trailered, so it didn't even get subjected to stray current in a marina. SUZUKI just used cheap aluminum for there castings, and tried to make up for it with ALOT of zincs(which most owners don't keep up with very well, espescially since some of them require pulling the powerhead off and disassembly to replace).