99 Evinrude 175 motor questiion?

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I know there was issues with the FICT models around mid 90's and on curtain size motors but i'm possibly looking at a 99 Evinrude Intruder 175, any history or problems with this size and year?

thanks for any help or tips?

mr

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[marine_man]

The majority of the issues with the FICHT's were in the 4 cylinder size in that era.

Lots of people have run these without any issues.

That said.. unless it was a heck of a deal I'd consider passing. Regardless of if this size motor was an issue or not, the word FICHT has the perception of being a problem among the un-educated... and may make resale at a later date a little more difficult.

That's my opinion anyway.

marine_man

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thanks marine-man I was hoping you would chime in. Is a FICT and Intruder technically the same motor/power head?

mr

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MM,

sorry I think I know that answer as all FICTs were only 4 cyclanders and Intruders were 6 cyclanders, correct.

mr

[overdalimit]

I have a 1999 175 ficht ram evinrude and it has been a great engine. Nearly 500 hours on it now. Just a note of intrest. The newer the engines are, the better the ECM's are. This is especially true in the fuel management dept. the old F.I. omc's run rougher at low end due to the lack of memory in the ECM for all the mixture ratios at different rpms...this is what I was told when asked why it runs rough between 1450 and 2000 rpms.

[marine_man]

thanks marine-man I was hoping you would chime in. Is a FICT and Intruder technically the same motor/power head?

mr

Hmm... I'm reaching a bit here.. but if I recall correctly the FICHT and the Intruder were two different power heads... with the FICHT being the direct injection method and the intruder the carb'd version...

I could be way off here.. I'm having a tough time remembering right now...

marine_man

[Larson15]

The intruder was actually a very good reliable engine and the best carbed motor OMC ever built. They built the intruder from 1991-1999. It is a carbed engine. If you keep them clean and run good oil it will run forever.

[marine_man]

Good point.. I should have added that.. the Intruder, and any of the fast strike carb'd engines (the 60 degree block, with the more rectangular than octagonal shaped hood) were very hard to beat.

marine_man

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Awesome, great to hear guys, I was hoping the conversation would go a little more detailed. This exactly what I wanted to read.

thanks,

mr