how good are these motors? the 415 mpi motors?
i here mixed things about the 502, but most people down he carb 502 not the mpi.
anything to look out for?
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how good are these motors? the 415 mpi motors?
i here mixed things about the 502, but most people down he carb 502 not the mpi.
anything to look out for?
as he said solid as a rock if they have the vst they do vapor lock after or during a long idle, but there is ways around that
i have a 27fever w/502mpi.best thing about it is,get in it start it up,it idles,good dock maners,and gets great gas millage,2.5to3miles per gallon at 45mph.not the fastest boat,but super reliable.
just because i dont care doesnt mean i dont understand.
The 2000 is not a VST motor its cool fuel,,, much better,,,,, darn thing will run 1000 + hours taken care of.
I would guess upper 60's low 70's in a 27'
IF YOUR UNDER CONTROL,,,,,YOUR NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH !!!!
thanks for the info guys. im going to go look at the boat this weekend see how it is. we'll see
They tend to use a little oil, but I reduced the oil consumption on mine by switching to mobil 1 15-50.
2000 engines have cool fuel and don't have the vapor locking problem. Mine have 320 hrs and run perfect.
I have 1997 502 mags with about 370 hours and still run great.
Other than maintenance the only thing I had to do is replace both engine
water recirculating pumps because they were leaking.