i have noticed that some newer fountains94-02 years have efi,and some have carbs.do fountains still come from the factory with carbs,or are people swapping out the efi for carbs for the added performance and serviceablity?

most of the carbs wee h.p 500's and the last of the production run. for the most part. the later is also true for a portion of the rest.

I miss my efi Fountain.....

My 2000 35 Lightning Classic came with EFI, I am glad to not have carbs. Starts easier and no stuck floats or leakie float bowls. Out here in the HOT west the carbs are a problem when the boat sits in storage and it is over 100 degrees.

good thing about e.f.i is you can click it and then brick it.

When EFI works, its better than carbs.

When EFI goes wrong, its a very, very big $$$$$$ operation, and you'll lose a season tracking down the problems.

With carbs, its very obvious what the problem is, and the fix is really cheap.

The $5 per weekend you'll save in fuel is totally lost on the much, MUCH more expensive maintenance over the life of the engine. Having owned 10 years of EFI engines after three decades of carb engines, I estimate the cost of owning EFI is about $5K per year more than carbs.

The biggest problem: you can't fix it yourself.
The second biggest problem: your mechanic almost certainly can't fix it either.

gas and go is why i bought the fountain.i mean i love injection...but do not know jack about it other than it is big bucks when u have problems.i havent had any problems yet,but the boat is a 94 w/402 hours and i know soon something will go elpaso.carbs i know what to do.other than changing the fuel filter,what other things should i be looking at?