525 EFI Beware?
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525 EFI Beware?
Been thinking about upgrading from a 496HO to a used 525. All the threads about exhaust failures and trashed engines are causing me to wonder wheher I could ever buy a used one with any confidence that it hasn't failed already and that that is the reason for the former owner selling same. Are the failures as prevelant as it seems? Would you buy a used 525 eFI with 100 or so hours on it? Thanks.
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Been thinking about upgrading from a 496HO to a used 525. All the threads about exhaust failures and trashed engines are causing me to wonder wheher I could ever buy a used one with any confidence that it hasn't failed already and that that is the reason for the former owner selling same. Are the failures as prevelant as it seems? Would you buy a used 525 eFI with 100 or so hours on it? Thanks.
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They sell so many 525's is the reason you hear of so many problems. 525 efi is a GREAT engine the problem is there are so many out there in boats you just tend to hear of problems. Put as many 1075's out there as 525's and see what happens.
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Brace: I agree, but there are probably more 496s out there than 525s and I've never heard of a failure on a 496, in stock form, that required the engine to be entirely rebuilt at a cost of more than 10k, which seems to be what's happening with some 525s due to the header problems. Point taken though.
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Brace: I agree, but there are probably more 496s out there than 525s and I've never heard of a failure on a 496, in stock form, that required the engine to be entirely rebuilt at a cost of more than 10k, which seems to be what's happening with some 525s due to the header problems. Point taken though.
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only issue I have heard with 525's is the exhaust, it is such a radical header design that they rust and leak quickly. aside from that they are sweet.
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Been thinking about upgrading from a 496HO to a used 525. All the threads about exhaust failures and trashed engines are causing me to wonder wheher I could ever buy a used one with any confidence that it hasn't failed already and that that is the reason for the former owner selling same. Are the failures as prevelant as it seems? Would you buy a used 525 eFI with 100 or so hours on it? Thanks.