Sharphooks
Well-Known Member
There seems to be some stale light weaseling its way through chinks in the armor of Yamaha's former bullet-proof reputation...
The oxidation problems in the lower legs of the earlier 225's made me take a step back from the Yamaha buffet table, especially the way Yamaha corporate handled it (or didn't handle it) ---pretty much text book on what a corporation should NOT do to support its brand....
My history---I went from blue to silver three years ago. Not to be a shill for Honda (they're expensive~!) but I've noticed when working on them that the parts seem to be way burlier then Yamaha---hold them in your hand---they feel "over built" which in a salt environment is not a bad thing.
I'll say this---my BF150 has never skipped a beat in 500 hours of run time. The only alarm I ever hear is when there's kelp blocking the cooling intake screens.
The 9.9---it has an electric choke which at first worried me (I'm an old 2-stroke guy and I like fiddling with knobs if something doesn't start right away...) But that 9.9---in multiple hundreds of cold starts, it has started first time, every time. The deal is: don't touch the throttle. Don't touch anything. Just push the start button... (and drain the float bowl if the engine is going to sit for awhile)
That was not the case back in my Yamaha T8 days---not a happy cold starting unit...
I'd be curious to know what the mechanics say about what's up with the problem T8's. I'll bet it's either carb or diaphragm. T-stat would be last on my list to fiddle with
The oxidation problems in the lower legs of the earlier 225's made me take a step back from the Yamaha buffet table, especially the way Yamaha corporate handled it (or didn't handle it) ---pretty much text book on what a corporation should NOT do to support its brand....
My history---I went from blue to silver three years ago. Not to be a shill for Honda (they're expensive~!) but I've noticed when working on them that the parts seem to be way burlier then Yamaha---hold them in your hand---they feel "over built" which in a salt environment is not a bad thing.
I'll say this---my BF150 has never skipped a beat in 500 hours of run time. The only alarm I ever hear is when there's kelp blocking the cooling intake screens.
The 9.9---it has an electric choke which at first worried me (I'm an old 2-stroke guy and I like fiddling with knobs if something doesn't start right away...) But that 9.9---in multiple hundreds of cold starts, it has started first time, every time. The deal is: don't touch the throttle. Don't touch anything. Just push the start button... (and drain the float bowl if the engine is going to sit for awhile)
That was not the case back in my Yamaha T8 days---not a happy cold starting unit...
I'd be curious to know what the mechanics say about what's up with the problem T8's. I'll bet it's either carb or diaphragm. T-stat would be last on my list to fiddle with
